Rickettsia slovaca and R. raoultii in Tick-borne Rickettsioses

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1105-1108

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Rovery, Clarisse ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RAOULTII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCALP; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE LYMPHADENOPATHY;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DERMACENTOR; HUMANS; LUNG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SCALP; SKIN;

EID: 67650671924     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1507.081449     Document Type: Article

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