Tickborne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1325-1327

  de Verdiére, Nathalie Colin ^a   Hamane, Samia ^a   Assous, Marc Victor ^b   Sertour, Natacha ^c   Ferquel, Elisabeth ^c   Cornet, Muriel ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA PERSICA; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPIROCHETE; TAJIKISTAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICKBORNE RELAPSING FEVER; UZBEKISTAN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALE; ORNITHODOROS; RELAPSING FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROCHAETALES; TAJIKISTAN; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 79959870050     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.101894     Document Type: Letter

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