Mediterranean spotted fever in the Trakya region of Turkey

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 298-304

  Kuloglu, Figen ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Akata, Filiz ^a   Eroglu, Cafer ^c   Celik, Aygul Dogan ^a   Parola, Philippe ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mediterranean spotted fever; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHAR; FEMALE; GLTA GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SKIN; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIACEAE; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 84870446597     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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