Clustered cases of rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 337-338

  Edouard, Sophie ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^a   la Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA 12S;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA MONGOLITIMONAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK;

EID: 84872934633     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.120863     Document Type: Letter

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