Leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease in Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-132

  Thayaparan, S ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Fairuz, A ^b   Suut, L ^c   Abdullah, M T ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Leptospirosis; Wildlife; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMBODIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAOS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALAYSIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84891104653     PISSN: 01268635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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