Outbreak of leptospirosis among triathlon participants and community residents in Springfield, Illinois, 1998

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1593-1599

  Morgan, Juliette ^a   Bornstein, Shari L ^b   Karpati, Adam M ^a   Bruce, Michael ^a   Bolin, Carole A ^d   Austin, Constance C ^b   Woods, Christopher W ^a   Lingappa, Jairam ^a   Langkop, Carl ^b   Davis, Belinda ^c   Graham, Donald R ^c   Proctor, Mary ^e   Ashford, David A ^a   Bajani, Mary ^a   Bragg, Sandra L ^a   Shutt, Kathleen ^a   Perkins, Bradley A ^a   Tappero, Jordan W ^a   Metz, Pat ^b   Mudgett, Clint ^b   Plikaytis, Brian ^f   Aye, Tin ^f   Weyant, Robbin S ^f   Mayer, Leonard ^f   Whitney, Anne ^f   Rosenstein, Nancy ^f   Lyon, G Marshall ^f   more..

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Springfield Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e Wisconsin Division of Health   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIATHLON; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPORTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037097534     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340615     Document Type: Article

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