Leptospirosis outbreak in 2005: L.T.M.G. hospital experience

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-155

  Mathur, Meenakshi ^a   De, Anuradha ^a   Turbadkar, Dilip ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

IgM ELISA; Leptospirosis; Outbreak; Rapid tests

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEBRILE BONE MARROW APLASIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BATAVIAE; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHEMORRHAGICA; LEPTOSPIRA POMONA; LEPTOSPIRA TARASSOV; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROTYPE;

EID: 65449137597     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.49431     Document Type: Article

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