Studies of Spotted Fever Rickettsia - Distribution, Detection, Diagnosis and Clinical Context : With a Focus on Vectors and Patients in Sweden
The spotted fever rickettsia, Rickettsia helvetica, is an endemic tick-borne bacteria in Sweden. It causes infections in humans, manifested as aneruptive fever, headache, arthralgia and myalgia, and sometimes an inoculation eschar or a rash. There have also been two known cases of human infections w...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper
2016
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-280667 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9512-1 |