Prospective health assessment of Fort Campbell, Kentucky patrons bitten by ticks

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-425

  Murphree, Rendi ^a,b   Hackwell, Nita ^c   Mead, Paul S ^a   Bachand, Annette ^b   Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 67651230881     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-02-0108     Document Type: Article

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