A cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1388, 2014, Pages 13-20

  McLean, Margot ^a   Ruscoe, Quentin ^b   Kline, Terence ^c   King, Caleb ^c   Nesdale, Annette ^a  

^a Hutt Valley District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b Regional Public Health   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; INFUSION FLUID;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA HARDJO; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893301575     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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