Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 766-769

  LaRocque, Regina C ^a,f   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Ari, Mary D ^c   Morey, Roger E ^c   Janan, Firdous Ara ^d   Hayes, John Mosely ^e   Hossain, M Anowar ^b   Brooks, W Abdullah ^b   Levett, Paul N ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^d DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERUM;

EID: 17844378741     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.041212     Document Type: Article

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