Leptospirosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Biggs, Holly M ^a   Bui, Duy M ^b   Galloway, Renee L ^b   Stoddard, Robyn A ^b   Shadomy, Sean V ^b   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   Bartlett, John A ^a   Onyango, Jecinta J ^c   Maro, Venance P ^c   Kinabo, Grace D ^c   Saganda, Wilbrod ^d   Crump, John A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; TANZANIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051535274     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0176     Document Type: Article

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