An outbreak of spotted fever rickettsiosis in U.S. Army troops deployed to Botswana

Emerg Infect Dis. 1996 Jul-Sep;2(3):217-21. doi: 10.3201/eid0203.960309.

Authors

B L Smoak¹, J B McClain, J F Brundage, L Broadhurst, D J Kelly, G A Dasch, R N Miller

Affiliation

¹ Division of Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Botswana / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Male
Military Personnel*
Rickettsia / classification
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / epidemiology*
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / physiopathology
United States