Fatal Israeli Spotted Fever in a UK Traveler to South Portugal
Open Access
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Travel Medicine
- Vol. 15 (2) , 122-123
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00179.x
Abstract
A 63‐year‐old previously healthy woman developed a severe systemic infection 5 days after returning from a holiday to Southern Portugal. She subsequeKeywords
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