Significance of major international seaports in the distribution of murine typhus in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: International seaports are hotspots for disease invasion and pathogens can persist in seaports even after ports are abandoned. Transmitted by fleas infected by Rickettsia typhi, murine typhus, a largely neglected and easily misdiagnosed disease, is known to occur primarily in large seapo...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Chi-Chien, Wardrop, Nicola, Chang, Chung-Te, Wang, Hsi-Chieh, Atkinson, Peter M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28264003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005430

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28264003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005430

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