Retrospective review of leptospirosis in Guadeloupe, French West Indies 1994-2001

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-46

  Herrmann Storck, Cecile ^a   Brioudes, A ^b   Quirin, R ^b   Deloumeaux, J ^a   Lamaury, I ^a   Nicolas, M ^a   Postic, D ^c   Perez, J M ^a  

^a Hospital of Pointe à Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 18644380399     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000100009     Document Type: Article

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