A case control study to explore the risk factors for acquisition of leptospirosis in Surat city, after flood

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 431-438

  Bhardwaj, Pankaj ^a   Kosambiya, J ^b   Desai, Vikas ^b  

^a Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Flood; Leptospirosis; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOODING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT CONTROL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWIMMING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649115158     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.48454     Document Type: Article

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