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Clinicoepidemiological study of murine typhus on the Greek island of Evia.

Y Tselentis1, T L Babalis, D Chrysanthis, A Gikas, G Chaliotis, D Raoult.   

Abstract

Cases of murine typhus were described in Chalkis, capital town of the island Evia in Greece. In the present work a prospective study on murine typhus was carried out in Chalkis General Hospital in 1985, is presented. During this year 49 cases, serologically confirmed using indirect fluorescence assay, were diagnosed. Signs and symptoms of the patients as well as preliminary epidemiological data are reported in this paper.

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Year:  1992        PMID: 1644147     DOI: 10.1007/bf00144812

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Epidemiol        ISSN: 0393-2990            Impact factor:   8.082


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