Leptospirosis in a midland rural area of Kerala State

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-312

  Kuriakose, Mariamma ^a   Paul, Regi ^a   Joseph, M R ^a   Sugathah, Sheela ^a   Sudha, T N ^a  

^a Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Bandicoota indica; Kerala; Leptospirosis; MAT; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MURINAE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENTIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 58549094987     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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