Seroepidemiological and seroepizootiological investigation of leptospirosis in Croatia in 2007;Seroepidemiološko i seroepizootiološko istraživanje leptospiroze u Hrvatskoj tijekom 2007

Infektoloski Glasnik

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Habuš, Josipa ^a   Cvetnić, Željko ^b   Milas, Zoran ^a   Štritof, Zrinka ^a   Balen Toplć, Mirjana ^c   Margaletić, Josip ^a   Turk, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epizootiology; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SERUM; UNIVERSITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 72749090426     PISSN: 13312820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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