Israeli spotted fever, Tunisia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1328-1330

  Znazen, Abir ^a   Hammami, Boussayma ^b   Lahiani, Dorra ^b   Jemaa, Mounir Ben ^b   Hammami, Adnene ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAELI SPOTTED FEVER; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUNISIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICKS; TUNISIA;

EID: 79959872854     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.101648     Document Type: Letter

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