Refugee crisis and re-emergence of forgotten infections in Europe

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-9

  Cutler, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia recurrentis; Borreliosis; Louse borne relapsing fever; Refugees; Spirochaete

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ALERTNESS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; EDITORIAL; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIGRATION; ORNITHODOROS; PATHOLOGY; RELAPSING FEVER; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; ORNITHODOROS; REFUGEES; RELAPSING FEVER;

EID: 84959510162     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.018     Document Type: Editorial

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