Tick bite fever and arthritis associated with travel to Africa

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1703-1704

  Ding, T ^a   Lloyd, G ^b   Tolley, H ^b   Bradlow, A ^c  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Battle Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TICK BITE; TICK BITE FEVER; TRAVEL;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 9644301051     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.019752     Document Type: Article

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