Prevalence of and risk factors for serum antibodies against Leptospira serovars in US veterinarians

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 938-944

  Whitney, Ellen A Spotts ^a   Ailes, Elizabeth ^a   Myers, Lee M ^b,d   Saliki, Jeremiah T ^c   Berkelman, Ruth L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 64549140348     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.7.938     Document Type: Article

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