Prevalence of antibodies to Leptospira serovars in rodents and shrews trapped in low and high endemic areas in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-142

  Kositanont, Uraiwan ^a   Imvithaya, Amporn ^b   Puthavathana, Pilaipan ^a   Naigowit, Pimjai ^b   Singchai, Chantra ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Bangkok Metropolitan Administration   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Low and High Endemic Areas; Rodents; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPIRA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INSECTIVORE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SERUM; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RODENT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SHREW; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RATS; RISK FACTORS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHREWS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037315267     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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