An outbreak of leptospirosis in North Queensland, Australia January to May, 1999

Technology: Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Smythe, Lee ^a   Barnett, Leonie ^a   Symonds, Meegan ^a   Dohnt, Michael ^a   Baade, Peter ^b   McClintock, Christine ^b   Moore, Michael R ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Health Information Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banana industry; Hospitalization; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Notifications; Occupational risk; Outbreak; Queensland health districts; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; FRUITS; HEALTH; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RAIN;

HUMAN LEPTOSPIROSIS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS;

HOSPITALIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NOTIFICATIONS; OUTBREAK; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0037224767     PISSN: 10729240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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