Scrub typhus and other tropical rickettsioses

Infectious Diseases: Third Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1231-1237

  Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Newton, Paul ^c   Parola, Philippe ^d   Raoult, Didier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 84896725633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-04579-7.00122-2     Document Type: Chapter

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