Leptospirosis, a zoonose under monitoring in New Caledonia and in the Pacific;La leptospirose: Une zoonose sous surveillance en Nouvelle-Calédonie et dans le Pacifique

Revue Francophone des Laboratoires

Volumn 2005, Issue 374, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Mérien, Fabrice ^a   Berlioz Arthaud, Alain ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leptospirosis; New Caledonia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344433476     PISSN: 1773035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1773-035X(05)80028-0     Document Type: Article

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