Leptospirosis in northern India: A clinical and serological study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 822-825

  Sethi, Sunil ^a   Sood, Archana ^b   Pooja, ^a   Sharma, Sarita ^a   Sengupta, Caesar ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a,b  

^a Dept Med Microbiol and Int Med ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SERUM; SEX RATIO;

EID: 1842684405     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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