Short communication: Comparison of serology and isolates for the identification of infecting leptospiral serogroups in Hawaii, 1979-1998

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 639-642

  Katz, Alan R ^a   Effler, Paul V ^b   Ansdell, Vernon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Laboratory techniques and procedures; Leptospirosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; AGGLUTINATION TEST; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPING;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0038574478     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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