Haemoglobin and red cell counts in leptospirosis patients infected with different serovars

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-240

  Craig, Scott Benjamin ^a,b   Smythe, Lee Douglas ^a,b   Graham, Glenn Charles ^a,b   Burns, Mary Anne ^a   McMahon, Jamie Lee ^a   Dohnt, Michael Francis ^a   Tulsiani, Suhella Mohan ^a   McKay, David Brian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Leptospirosis; Red cell count

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877983016     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-1013-2013     Document Type: Article

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