The potential emergence of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 524-526

  Agampodi, Suneth ^a   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,c   Thevanesam, Vasanthi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORTALITY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 68649106881     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70211-7     Document Type: Letter

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