Risk of transmission of leptospirosis from infected cattle to dairy workers in Southern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-27

  Belmaker, Ilana ^a   Alkan, Michael ^b   Barnea, Ada ^c   Dukhan, Larissa ^a   Yitzhaki, Shmuel ^c   Gross, Ellis ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy workers; Leptospirosis; Prevention; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HERD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; VACCINATION; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILLS; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0347089295     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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