Leptospirosis: An emerging health problem in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-288

  Tangkanakul, W ^a   Smits, H L ^b   Jatanasen, S ^a   Ashford, D A ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RODENT; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; THAILAND; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 20444439538     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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