Outbreak of leptospirosis in New Caledonia: Diagnosis issues and burden of disease

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 926-929

  Goarant, C ^a   Laumond Barny, S ^b   Perez, J ^a   Vernel Pauillac, F ^a   Chanteau, S ^a   Guigon, A ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b Service des Actions Sanitaires   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Epidemic; Leptospirosis; Meteorological factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LA NINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CRUSH SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; NEW CALEDONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME X;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW CALEDONIA; RAIN; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 68949091945     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02310.x     Document Type: Article

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