Identification of Leptospira species in the pathogenesis of uveitis and determination of clinical ocular characteristics in South India

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1314-1321

  Chu, Kathryn M ^b   Rathinam, R ^b   Namperumalsamy, P ^b   Dean, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031923289     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515273     Document Type: Article

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