Leptospirosis following a major flood in Central Queensland, Australia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 585-590

  Smith, J K G ^a   Young, M M ^b   Wilson, K L ^a   Craig, S B ^c,d  

^a Public Health Physician   (Australia)

^b Queensland Health   (Australia)

^c WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; leptospirosis; surveillance; water borne infections; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROAGGLUTINATION TITER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876908475     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001021     Document Type: Article

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