Water-borne outbreak of oropharyngeal and glandular tularemia in Georgia: Investigation and follow-up

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 514-521

  Chitadze, N ^a   Kuchuloria, T ^b   Clark, D V ^d   Tsertsvadze, E ^a   Chokheli, M ^a   Tsertsvadze, N ^a   Trapaidze, N ^a   Lane, A ^c   Bakanidze, L ^a   Tsanava, S ^a   Hepburn, M J ^c   Imnadze, P ^a  

^a National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^b Technology Management Company   (Georgia)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; TULAREMIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TULAREMIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249177033     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-009-8193-5     Document Type: Article

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