Outbreak of leptospirosis after flood, the Philippines, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-94

  Amilasan, Al Shere T ^a   Ujiie, Mugen ^b,c   Suzuki, Motoi ^c   Salva, Eumelia ^a   Belo, Maria Cecilia P ^a   Koizumi, Nobuo ^d   Yoshimatsu, Kumiko ^e   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^c   Marte, Shane ^a   Dimaano, Efren M ^a   Villarama, Jose Benito ^a   Ariyoshi, Koya ^c  

^a San Lazaro Hospital   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FEVER; FLOODING; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OLIGURIA; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863012315     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.101892     Document Type: Article

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