Borrelia crocidurae infection in acutely febrile patients, Senegal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1335-1338

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Bassene, Hubert ^a   Diatta, Georges ^a   Ratmanov, Pavel ^a,b   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FAR EASTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAB GENE; GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; RELAPSING FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICE; RELAPSING FEVER; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905252558     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.130550     Document Type: Article

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