Leptospirosis: Case reports of an outbreak in Guyana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-245

  Liverpool, J ^a   Francis, S ^b   Liverpool, C E ^c   Dean, G T ^d   Mendez, D D ^e  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fulton County Government Office   (United States)

^d Emerging Infect Prog Support Act   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449143631     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X278784     Document Type: Article

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