Studies on leptospirosis outbreaks in Peddamandem Mandal of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Sohan, Lal ^a   Shyamal, Biswas ^a,c   Kumar, Titti Shiv ^a   Malini, M ^a   Ravi, Kumar ^a   Venkatesh, V ^b   Veena, Mittal ^a   Lal, Shiv ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b Anti Plague Unit   (India)

^c OIC   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory disease syndrome; Alkaline; Carbon content; DGM; IgM antibodies; IgM ELISA; Leptospirosis; Malaria; Myalgia; pH; Rattus rattus; Seropositivity; Serovars; Tropical countries; Typhoid; Widal test; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849145135     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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