Leptospirosis outbreak following severe flooding: A rapid assessment and mass prophylaxis campaign; Guyana, January-February 2005

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Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Dechet, Amy M ^a,b   Parsons, Michele ^a   Rambaran, Madan ^c   Mohamed Rambaran, Pheona ^c   Florendo Cumbermack, Anita ^c   Persaud, Shamdeo ^d   Baboolal, Shirematee ^e   Ari, Mary D ^a   Shadomy, Sean V ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Clark, Thomas A ^a   Harris, Lazenia ^a   Lyon, Douglas ^a,f   Mintz, Eric D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation   (Guyana)

^d Ministry of Health   (Guyana)

^e Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^f La Clinica del Cariño   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLOODING; GUYANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FLOODS; GUYANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863621024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039672     Document Type: Article

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