Notes from the Field: Investigation of Leptospirosis Underreporting - Puerto Rico, 2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 421-

  Rivera, Brenda ^a   Bower, William A ^a   Guerra, Marta ^a   Blau, Dianna ^a   Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Swaminathan, Mahesh ^b   Sharp, Tyler ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CDC ^*

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EID: 84865014681     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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