Tularemia --- Missouri, 2000-2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 744-748

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TICKS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 67650576719     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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