Hidden dangers: Non-Lyme tick-borne diseases

Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 48-54

  Simon, R Bryan ^a  

^a Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; NURSING; ORNITHODOROS; PARASITE VECTOR; PIROPLASMOSIS; RASH; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BABESIOSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; ORNITHODOROS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883446147     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000432907.31561.fc     Document Type: Article

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