Serological surveillance of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and leptospirosis in small mammals captured at Twin Bridges Training Area, gyeonggi province, Republic of Korea, 2005-2007

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Sames, William J ^a   Klein, Terry A ^b   Kim, Heung Chul ^c   Gu, Se Hun ^d   Kang, Hae Ji ^d   Shim, So Hee ^d   Ha, Si Jung ^d   Chong, Sung Tae ^c   Lee, In Yong ^e   Richards, Allen L ^f   Yi, Suk Hee ^b   Song, Jin Won ^d  

^a Defense Logistics Agency   (United States)

^b USAMEDDAC K   (United States)

^c USAMEDDAC Korea ^*  (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSECTIVORA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SOUTH KOREA; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; INSECTIVORA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; RATS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 77649218990     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-05-1308     Document Type: Article

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