Prevalence of Leptospirosis in various risk groups

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-273

  Angnani, R ^a   Pathak, A A ^a   Mishra, M ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL CARE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0344393423     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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