Re-emergence of tularemia in Turkey

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-551

  Akalin, Halis ^a   Helvaci, Safiye ^a   Gedikoǧlu, Suna ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Oropharyngeal tularemia; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

CASE FINDING; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 68949195988     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.020     Document Type: Review

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