Mediterranean spotted fever: clinical and laboratory characteristics of 415 Sicilian children
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an acute febrile, zoonotic disease caused by <it>Rickettsia conorii </it>and transmitted to humans by the brown dogtick <it>Rhipicephalus sanguineus</it>. Nearly four hundr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/60 |