Murine typhus as a cause of fever in travelers from tunisia and Mediterranean areas

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Botelho, Elizabeth ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Sobas, Chantal Roure ^c   Piketty, Christophe ^d   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MYALGIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SUMMER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TUNISIA; TYPHUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEASONS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TUNISIA; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956205775     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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