Leptospirosis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-152

  Watt, George ^a  

^a Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NICARAGUA; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030983394     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199704000-00016     Document Type: Review

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