Strikes, flooding, rats, and leptospirosis in Marseille, France

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Renvoisé, Aurélie ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Marié, Jean Lou ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^b   Stein, Andreas ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Emergence; Garbage collection strike; Leptospirosis; Rainfall; Rat; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NORFLOXACIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLOODING; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRADE UNION; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; FLOODS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STRIKES, EMPLOYEE; WEATHER;

EID: 80053237665     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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