Leptospirosis: Indications of changes in clinical presentation in Croatia;Leptospiroza: Naznake promjene kliničke slike u Hrvatskoj

Infektoloski Glasnik

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Balen Topić, Mirjana ^a   Beus, Antun ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Republic of Croatia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROATIA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645027712     PISSN: 13312820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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