Detection of leptospirosis in India

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1033-

  Vinetz, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALARIA; MYALGIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SEASONS;

EID: 0347951031     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.12.1033     Document Type: Note

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