Risk factors of leptospirosis among febrile hospital admissions in northeastern Malaysia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Rafizah, A A Noor ^a   Aziah, B D ^a   Azwany, Y N ^a   Imran, M Kamarul ^a   Rusli, A Mohamed ^a   Nazri, S Mohd ^a   Nikman, A Mohd ^a   Nabilah, I ^a   Asma', H Siti ^a   Zahiruddin, W M ^a   Zaliha, I ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay; Leptospirosis; Microscopic Agglutination Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880608730     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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