Fifty years of leptospirosis research in new zealand: A perspective

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue , 2002, Pages 61-63

  Marshall, R B ^a   Manktelow, B W ^b  

^a Infobrok   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY INFECTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEAT INDUSTRY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0036333941     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36270     Document Type: Article

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