Leptospirosis in travelers returning from the Dominican Republic

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Grobusch, Martin P ^a,b   Bollmann, Renate ^b   Schönberg, Arno ^c   Slevogt, Hortense ^b   Garcia, Vicente ^d   Teichmann, Dieter ^e   Jelinek, Tomas ^f   Flick, Holger ^b   Bergmann, Frank ^b   Rosseau, Simone ^b   Temmesfeld Wollbrück, Bettina ^b   Suttorp, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^d Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Dominican Republic)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0037221299     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.30683     Document Type: Article

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