Rickettsia africae infection in man after travel to Ethiopia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1867-1869

  Stephany, Dorothea ^a   Buffet, Pierre ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Consigny, Paul H ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILL; ETHIOPIA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; VESICULAR RASH;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350453938     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090521     Document Type: Letter

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