Human leptospirosis in the Caribbean, 1997-2005: Characteristics and serotyping of clinical samples from 14 countries

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 350-357

  Adesiyun, Abiodun Adewale ^a   Baboolal, Shirematee ^b   Suepaul, Sharianne ^a   Dookeran, Shakti ^a   Stewart Johnson, Alva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean epidemiology centre; Caribbean region; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Laboratory techniques and procedures; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANTIBODY; BLOOD; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SERUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 79959984650     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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