Human Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae infection (Weil's disease) acquired from pet rats

Veterinary Record

Volumn 163, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 599-601

  Gaudie, C M ^a   Featherstone, C A ^a   Phillips, W S ^b   McNaught, R ^b   Rhodes, P M ^c   Errington, J ^a   Fearnley, C ^a   Fenner, J S ^a   Pritchard, G C ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RATTUS;

EID: 57449098848     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.20.599     Document Type: Article

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