Spotted fever in a child in Mumbai, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-312

  Shah, Vishank ^a   Vaidya, Vaibhav ^a   Bang, Vigyan ^a   Shah, Ira ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Children; India; Indian tick typhus; Rickettsia; Typhus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK BITE; TYPHOID FEVER;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 73449145973     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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