Leptospirosis: Clinical presentation and correlation with serovars

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-108

  Chidambaram, N ^a   Ramanathan, M ^a   Anandi, V ^a   Sasikala, S ^a   Innocent, D J P ^a   Sarayu, L ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dark field microscope; Fever; Jaundice; Leptospira; Serovar; T. eptospira ictero haemorrhagiae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREVALENCE; WEIL DISEASE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 38649123711     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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