The importance of leptospirosis in Southeast Asia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-286

  Laras, Kanti ^a   Van, Cao Bao ^a   Bounlu, Khanthong ^a   Tien, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a   Olson, James G ^a   Thongchanh, Sisouk ^a   Van Anh, Tran Nguyen ^a   Loan, Hoang Kim ^a   Punjabi, Narain ^a   Khiem, Ha Ba ^a   An, Ung Sam ^a   Insisiengmay, Sithat ^a   Watts, Douglas M ^a   Beecham, H James ^a   Corwin, Andrew L ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 18644385084     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.278     Document Type: Article

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