Spotted fever group rickettsiae: A brief review and a canadian perspective

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 65-79

  Wood, H ^a,b   Artsob, H ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Emerging pathogens; Spotted fever group rickettsioses; Tick borne diseases; Travel associated rickettsioses

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLEA BORNE SPOTTED FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA CANADENSIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA HEILONGJIANGENSIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIA RHIPICEPHALI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIALPOX; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAE; TICK; TRAVEL;

CANADA; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84866005245     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01472.x     Document Type: Review

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