Reemerging Leptospirosis, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-412

  Meites, Elissa ^a   Jay, Michele T ^b   Deresinski, Stanley ^b,c   Shieh, Wun Ju ^d   Zaki, Sherif R ^d   Tompkins, Lucy ^a   Smith, D Scott ^a,e,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Div of Infect Dis and Geogr Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1542347606     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1003.030431     Document Type: Review

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