Leptospirosis as frequent cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1678-1684

  Reller, Megan E ^a   Bodinayake, Champika ^b   Nagahawatte, Ajith ^b   Devasiri, Vasantha ^b   Kodikara Arachichi, Wasantha ^b   Strouse, John J ^a   Flom, Judith E ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^a   Woods, Christopher W ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80052150410     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.100915     Document Type: Article

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