Human leptospirosis in Bulgaria, 1989-2001: Epidemiological, clinical, and serological features

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 869-872

  Christova, Iva ^a   Tasseva, Evgenia ^a   Manev, Hristo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BULGARIA; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHING; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECREATION; RODENT CONTROL; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SWINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0347599320     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310016709     Document Type: Article

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