The epidemiology of leptospirosis and the emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 1998-2004

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1217-1225

  Slack, Andrew T ^a,b   Symonds, M L ^a   Dohnt, M F ^a   Smythe, L D ^a  

^a WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 33750301292     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006352     Document Type: Article

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