Multicentre survey of incidence and public health impact of leptospirosis in the Western Pacific

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 714-721

  Berlioz Arthaud, Alain ^a   Kiedrzynski, Tom ^b   Singh, Narendra ^c   Yvon, Jean François ^d   Roualen, Gwenael ^e   Coudert, Cyril ^f   Uluiviti, Vasiti ^g  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^c SPC Suva Regional Office   (Fiji)

^d Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale hôpital de SIA   (Wallis and Futuna)

^e Agence de Santé de Wallis and Futuna   (Wallis and Futuna)

^f INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^g Guam Public Health Laboratory   (Guam)

Author keywords

Incidence; Laboratory diagnosis; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Pacific Islands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248206603     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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