Sero-prevalence of leptospirosis in workers at a New Zealand slaughterhouse

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1307, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Benschop, Jackie ^a   Heuer, Cord ^a   Jaros, Patricia ^a   Collins Emerson, Julie ^a   Midwinter, Anne ^a   Wilson, Peter ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 73549088749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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