Risk factors for leptospirosis in metropolitan France: Results of a national case-control study, 1999-2000

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 751-753

  Nardone, Anthony ^a,b   Capek, Isabelle ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Campèse, Christine ^a   Postic, Danièle ^b   Vaillant, Véronique ^a   Liénard, Michel ^c   Desenclos, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Inst Natl de Méd Agricole   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 4444260199     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423272     Document Type: Article

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