Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1791-1798

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a,b   Davis, Xiaohong ^c   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^d   Schwartz, Eli ^e   Keystone, Jay S ^f   Leder, Karin ^g   Lopéz Véléz, Rogelio ^h   Caumes, Eric ⁱ   Cramer, Jakob P ^j   Chen, Lin ^k   Parola, Philippe ^l,m  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

ⁱ PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l WHO Collaborative Center for rickettsioses and other arthropod borne bacterial diseases   (France)

^m HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANALYSIS; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BARTONELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350462950     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090677     Document Type: Article

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