Human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring Leptospira interrogans in urban areas of Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1227-1230

  Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Muto, Maki ^a   Tanikawa, Tsutomu ^b   Mizutani, Hiroshi ^c,e   Sohmura, Yoshiko ^c   Hayashi, Eiji ^d,f   Akao, Nobuaki ^d   Hoshino, Mayu ^a,g   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Ikari Corporation   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Animal Care and Consultation Center   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

^e Tokyo Metropolitan Shibaura Meat Sanitary Inspection Station   (Japan)

^f Togane Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^g PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; TOKYO; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 69049093847     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011528-0     Document Type: Article

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