Rickettsia felis: From a rare disease in the USA to a common cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 996-1000

  Parola, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Fleas; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AFRICA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEROLOGY; TUNGA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPSYLLA;

ARTHROPODA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79959935843     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03516.x     Document Type: Review

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