Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: Endemic and epidemic disease in one host species?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lloyd Smith, James O ^a   Greig, Denise J ^b   Hietala, Sharon ^c   Ghneim, George S ^d   Palmer, Lauren ^e   St Leger, Judy ^f   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Marine Mammal Care Center   (United States)

^f Sea World of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; RISK FACTOR; SEAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PERIODICITY; SEA LIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 38049174031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-125     Document Type: Article

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