Molecular and clinical evidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in Cameroonian patients with undifferentiated febrile illness

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 719-725

  Ndip, L M ^a   Labruna, M ^b   Ndip, R N ^a,c   Walker, D H ^d   McBride, J W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 77949436589     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12554106963753     Document Type: Article

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