Update on spotted fever group Rickettsiae in South Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Pretorius, Anne Marié ^a   Jensenius, Mogens ^b   Birtles, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rickettsiae; South Africa; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KETOLIDE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MONGLOTIMONAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TICK BITE FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL;

ACARI; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA MONGOLOTIMONAE; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 7244231312     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.249     Document Type: Review

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