Towards the Burden of Human Leptospirosis: Duration of Acute Illness and Occurrence of Post-Leptospirosis Symptoms of Patients in The Netherlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Goris, Marga G A ^a   Kikken, Vanessa ^b   Straetemans, Masja ^a   Alba, Sandra ^a   Goeijenbier, Marco ^c   van Gorp, Eric C M ^c   Boer, Kimberly R ^a   Wagenaar, Jiri F P ^a,c   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY INJURY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; TREND STUDY; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884872602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076549     Document Type: Article

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