Spirochaetes and sunshine: Leptospirosis in the aftermath of the Queensland floods: To the Editor

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wright, Hugh ^a   Goot, Katie ^b   Rogers, Benjamin ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MALAISE; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; DISASTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLOODS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84861607701     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10046     Document Type: Letter

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