Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-

  Victoriano, Ann F B ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^b   Gloriani Barzaga, Nina ^a   Cavinta, Lolita L ^a   Kasai, Takeshi ^c   Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit ^c   Ong, Bee L ^c   Gongal, Gyanendra ^c   Hall, Julie ^c   Coulombe, Caroline A ^c   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^d   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^d   Adler, Ben ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70349952442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-147     Document Type: Article

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