First report of human leptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serovar javanica in India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-

  Saravanan, R ^a   Rajendran, P ^a,c   Thyagarajan, S P ^a   Smythe, L D ^b  

^a Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

^b WHO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Case report; India; Leptospira interrogans serovar javanica

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 0031916286     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90743-X     Document Type: Article

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