New serovars of Leptospira isolated from patients in Costa Rica: Implications for public health

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1263-1271

  Valverde, Ma de los A ^a   Goris, M G A ^b   Gonzalez V ^c   Anchia, M E ^d   Diaz P ^d   Ahmed, A ^b   Hartskeerl, R A ^b  

^a National Reference Centre for Leptospirosis   (Costa Rica)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Area Rectora Salud Corredores ^*  (Costa Rica)

^d CAJA COSTARRICENSE DE SEGURO SOCIAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COSTA RICA; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTA RICA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PENICILLINS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWIMMING;

EID: 84881561224     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.058545-0     Document Type: Article

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