Seroprevalence of leptospirosis among high-risk population of Andaman Islands, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-283

  Sharma, Sameer ^a   Vijayachari, Paluru ^a   Sugunan, Attayoor P ^a   Natarajaseenivasan, Kalimuthusamy ^a   Sehgal, Subhash C ^a,b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROPREVALENCE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RATS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645820016     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.278     Document Type: Article

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