Murine typhus in Cyprus: A 9-year survey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 489-495

  Psaroulaki, Anna ^a   Christou, Christos ^b   Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^a   Tsiligianni, Ioanna ^a   Sandalakis, Vassilios ^a   Georgalis, Leonidas ^a   Ioannou, Ioannis ^c   Giorgalas, Giorgos ^b   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Public Health Services   (Cyprus)

^c VETERINARY SERVICES   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Endemic (murine) typhus; Flea borne rickettsioses; Rickettsia typhi (Rickettsia mooserii)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CYPRUS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MURINE TYPHUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TYPHUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRAVEL; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84863602516     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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