Public health importance of human leptospirosis in the South Pacific: A five-year study in New Caledonia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-178

  Merien, Fabrice ^a   Perolat, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANESIA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029781255     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.174     Document Type: Article

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