Travel-acquired leptospirosis

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-453

  Pavli, Androula ^a   Maltezou, Helena C ^a  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AQUATIC SPORT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RASH; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 56849110087     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Review

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