Infection of the endothelium by members of the order Rickettsiales

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1071-1079

  Valbuena, Gustavo ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Endothelium; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 72949123942     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-03-0186     Document Type: Review

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