Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness among Athletes Participating in Triathlons - Wisconsin and Illinois, 1998

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 585-588

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; SPORTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032563012     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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