Epidemiology of leptospirosis in a livestock production area of the Andes;Epidemiologia de la leptospirosis en una zona andina de produccion pecuaria

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 325-331

  Ochoa, Jesús E ^a,d   Sánchez, Antonio ^b   Ruiz, Iván ^c  

^a Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c Secretaria de Agric de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; COLOMBIA; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLOMBIA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034184522     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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