Risk factors associated with the seroprevalence of leptospirosis, amongst at-risk groups in and around Tanga city, Tanzania

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 711-718

  Schoonman, L ^a   Swai, E S ^b  

^a Tanga Dairy Trust TADAT   (Tanzania)

^b Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 77949453496     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12554106963393     Document Type: Article

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