Short report: Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1127-1130

  Kendall, Emily A ^a   LaRocque, Regina C ^b   Bui, Duy M ^c   Galloway, Renee ^c   Ari, Mary D ^c   Goswami, Doli ^d   Breiman, Robert F ^e   Luby, Stephen ^d   Brooks, W Abdullah ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; CHILD; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

LEPTOSPIRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953804285     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574     Document Type: Article

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