Outbreak of leptospirosis among adventure race participants in Florida, 2005

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 843-849

  Stern, Eric J ^a,b   Galloway, Renee ^c   Shadomy, Sean V ^c   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^c   Atrubin, David ^d   Blackmore, Carina ^e   Wofford, Taylor ^b   Wilikins, Patricia P ^c   Ari, Mary D ^c   Harris, Lazenia ^c   Clark, Thomas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Hillsborough County Department of Health   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOT ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY DIPSTICK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SPORT; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE; WATER SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749245898     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650578     Document Type: Article

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