Environmental exposure and leptospirosis, Peru

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1016-1022

  Johnson, Michael A S ^a,b   Smith, Hannah ^b   Joseph, Priya ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b   Bautista, Christian T ^a,c   Campos, Kalina J ^a,d   Cespedes, Michelle ^b   Klatsky, Peter ^b   Vidal, Carlos ^e   Terry, Hilja ^b   Calderon, Maritza M ^a,d   Coral, Callos ^b   Cabrera, Lilia ^b   Parmar, Paminder S ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^f,g  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c California   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 2542626807     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.030660     Document Type: Article

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