Rickettsial infection among military personnel deployed in Northern Sri Lanka
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Rickettsial infection among military personnel deployed in Northern Sri Lanka
BACKGROUND Military personnel deployed in field actvities report on frequent tick bites. Therefore they may run the risk of exposure to rickettsial organisms. METHODS In order to assess the risk of exposure to rickettsial organisms, two groups of military personnel who were deployed in field activities of Nothern Sri Lanka were investigated. The first group was studied in order to assess the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0688-8