Human leptospirosis in Portugal: a retrospective study of eighteen years

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 378-386

  Vieira, Maria Luisa ^a   Gama Simões, Maria Jacinta ^a   Collares Pereira, Margarida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human leptospirosis; Portugal; Public health; Seropositivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AZORES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33746926795     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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