Prospective serological study of ieptospirosis in Southern Spain

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Dastis Bendala, Carmen ^a   De Villar Conde, Ernesto ^a   Marin Leon, Ignacio ^a   Manzanares Torne, Luisa ^a   Perez Lozano, Maria Jose ^b   Cano Fuentes, Gloria ^a   Vargas Romero, Julio ^a   Pumarola Suñe, Tomas ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglutinins; Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0029757331     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00145415     Document Type: Article

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