Concurrent outbreak of leptospirosis and dengue in Mumbai, India, 2002

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-181

  Karande, Sunil ^a,d   Gandhi, Dipak ^a   Kulkarni, Madhuri ^a   Bharadwaj, Renu ^b   Pol, Sae ^b   Thakare, Jyotsna ^c   De, Anuradha ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHOID FEVER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PENICILLINS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 23944511755     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh100     Document Type: Article

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