Estimating the burden of human leptospirosis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Abela Ridder, Bernadette ^a   Sikkema, Reina ^b   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Epidemiology; Health policy; Leptospirosis; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOSTATISTICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957960553     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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