Risk factors associated with the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among students at the veterinary school of Zaragoza University

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Simon M C ^a   Ortega, C ^a   Alonso, J L ^a   Girones O ^a   Muzquiz, J L ^a   Garcia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STUDENT;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; STUDENTS; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0033550794     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.11.287     Document Type: Article

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