Geographic variation in risk factors for SFG rickettsial and leptospiral exposure in Colombia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Padmanabha, Harish ^a,e   Hidalgo, Marylin ^a   Valbuena, Gustavo ^b   Castaneda, Elizabeth ^a   Galeano, Armando ^c   Puerta, Henry ^d   Cantillo, Cesar ^d   Mantilla, Gilma ^a  

^a Insituto Nacional de Salud de Colômbia   (Colombia)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Antioqia State Heath Department   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Modeling; Population; Rickettsia; Vector borne; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIALES; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPTOSPIRA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 70350324267     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0092     Document Type: Article

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