A case of human infection by Rickettsia slovaca in Greece

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 335-337

  Kostopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^b,c   Kanta, Chrysoula ^a   Katsanou, Andromachi ^a   Rossiou, Konstantina ^a   Rammos, Aidonis ^a   Papadopoulos, Spyridon Filippos ^a   Katsarou, Theodora ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^c   Psaroulaki, Anna ^b,c   Boukas, Chrysostomos ^a  

^a General Hospital of Corfu   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; IFA; Rickettsia slovaca

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREECE; HUMAN; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MYALGIA; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84979220783     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.194     Document Type: Article

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