Post exposure prophylaxis of tick-borne relapsing fever

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Balicer, R D ^a,b   Mimouni, D ^a,c   Bar Zeev, Y ^a   Levine, H ^a,b   Davidovitch, N ^a,b   Ankol, O H ^a   Zarka, S S ^a,d  

^a Military Post   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOLDIER; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORNITHODOROS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RELAPSING FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 77952428063     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0846-x     Document Type: Article

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