Outbreak of leptospirosis among triathlon participants in Langau, Austria, 2010

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 751-755

  Radl, Christoph ^a   Müller, Maria ^a   Revilla Fernandez, Sandra ^a   Karner Zuser, Stefanie ^b   Martin, Alfred De ^b   Schauer, Ulrike ^b   Karner, Franz ^b   Stanek, Gerold ^c   Balcke, Peter ^c   Hallas, Andreas ^c   Frank, Herbert ^c   Fürnschlief, Albert ^c   Erhart, Friedrich ^c   Allerberger, Franz ^a,d  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b Department for Public Health   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Kidney failure; Leptospira interrogans; Microagglutination; Serology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFPIROME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRIA; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; SPLENOMEGALY; TRIATHLON; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 84863393128     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0100-2     Document Type: Article

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