Leptospirosis among schoolchildren of the Andaman/Nicobar Islands, India: Low levels of morbidity and mortality among pre-exposed children during an epidemic

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1115-1120

  Vijayachari, P ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Murhekar, M V ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERVIEW; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 10444254671     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002948     Document Type: Article

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