Human leptospirosis: A twenty-nine-year serological study in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 245-248

  Romero, Eliete Caló ^a   Bernardo, Carla Cristiane Da Motta ^a   Yasuda, Paulo H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Human leptospirosis; Serology

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0242390208     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000500002     Document Type: Article

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