Tick-Borne Infection Caused byRickettsia africaein the West Indies
- 7 May 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (19) , 1391-1392
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199805073381918
Abstract
Tick-borne rickettsioses have been suspected but not documented well in the Americas.1 We report a case of Rickettsia africae infection in the West Indies.Keywords
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