Review article: Rickettsial infections in Southeast Asia: Implications for local populace and febrile returned travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 451-460

  Aung, Ar Kar ^a   Spelman, Denis W ^a   Murray, Ronan J ^b,c   Graves, Stephen ^d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HONEI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TYPHUS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84907017089     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0191     Document Type: Article

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