Common epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1775-1783

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a,b   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Edouard, Sophie ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Mouffok, Nadjet ^c   Bassene, Hubert ^b   Diatta, Georges ^b   Tall, Adama ^d   Niangaly, Hamidou ^e   Doumbo, Ogobara ^e   Lekana Douki, Jean Bernard ^f,g   Znazen, Abir ^h   Sarih, M'hammed ⁱ   Ratmanov, Pavel ^j   Richet, Herve ^a   Ndiath, Mamadou O ^b   Sokhna, Cheikh ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c CHU Oran   (Algeria)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^e and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

^f Institut de Recherches pour le Développement U034   (Gabon)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^h HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

ⁱ Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^j FAR EASTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIMEX; COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR FIELD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TICK;

AFRICA; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIA; CO-INFECTION; FEBRILE; FEVER; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM SPECIES; RESERVOIR; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIAL; TROPIC; VECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887007746     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.130361     Document Type: Article

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