Scrub typhus in an American living in Jakarta, Indonesia

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 268-273

  Richards, Allen L ^a,f   Teik, Oon Chong ^c   Lockman, Jeri L ^d   Rahardjo, Eko ^a,e   Wignall, F Stephen ^b  

^a Rickettsial Diseases Program   (Indonesia)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^c MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d American Embassy   (Indonesia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^f Box 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 8544253204     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199705000-00017     Document Type: Article

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