Underrecognition of leptospirosis during a dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii, 2001-2002

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Ellis, Tania ^a   Imrie, Allison ^a   Katz, Alan R ^a   Effler, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual incidence; Dengue fever; ELISA; Hawaii; Leptospirosis; Underrecognition

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETECHIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 50849103298     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0241     Document Type: Article

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