Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis in southern Vietnamese children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 738-745

  Thai, Khoa T D ^a   Binh, Tran Quang ^b   Giao, Phan Trong ^a,b   Phuong, Hoang Lan ^a,b   Hung, Le Quoc ^a,b   Nam, Nguyen Van ^c   Nga, Tran Thanh ^a,b   Goris, Marga G A ^d   De Vries, Peter J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c Binh Thuan Prov Malaria Station   (Viet Nam)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incidence; Leptospirosis; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Seroepidemiological studies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ASSAY; DISEASE; ENZYME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWIMMING; VIET NAM; WATER IMMERSION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWIMMING; VIETNAM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 33646229550     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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