Emerging tropical diseases in Australia. Part 1. Leptospirosis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 543-556

  Tulsiani, S M ^a,b   Lau, C L ^a,b   Graham, G C ^a,c   Van Den Hurk, A F ^a   Jansen, C C ^a   Smythe, L D ^a   McKay, D B ^a   Craig, S B ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METRONIDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78649279511     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12851868779867     Document Type: Review

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