Leptospirosis and malaria as causes of febrile illness during a dengue epidemic in Jamaica

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 329-334

  Lindo, John ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a   Vickers, Ivan ^a   Brown, Michelle ^a   Jackson, Sandra T ^a   Lewis Fuller, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemic; Febrile illness; Geographic distribution; Seropositive

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COINFECTION; DENGUE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAMAICA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887104781     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000112     Document Type: Article

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