Leptospirosis and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in northwestern Croatia;Leptospiroza i hemoragijska vrućica s bubrežnim sindromom u sjeverozapadnoj Hrvatskoj

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-372

  Golubić, Dragutin ^a,b,c   Markotić, Alemka ^a,c  

^a Zupanijska Bolnica Cakovec   (Croatia)

^b Infektologija   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Leptospirosis; Northwest Croatia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROATIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

CROATIA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0842328554     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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