Leptospirosis in febrile men ingesting Agouti paca in South America

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 851-859

  Silverman, M S ^a,b,c   Aronson, L ^a,c,d   Eccles, M ^b,c   Eisenstat, J ^b,c   Gottesman, M ^a,c   Rowsell, R ^b,c   Ferron, M ^a,e   Scolnik, D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Can Jewish Humanitarian/Relief C   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e Ontario Public Health Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPICAL AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; RASH; RODENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GUYANA; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MEAT; RODENTIA; RURAL HEALTH;

AGOUTI; AGOUTI PACA; LEPTOSPIRA; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 10944246742     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804X3216     Document Type: Article

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