Leptospirosis after recreational exposure to water in the Yaeyama Islands, Japan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 652-656

  Narita, Masashi ^a   Fujitani, Shigeki ^b   Haake, David A ^c   Paterson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 26844546680     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.652     Document Type: Article

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