Regional Differences of Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka: Observations from a Flood-Associated Outbreak in 2011

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-

  Agampodi, Suneth B ^a,b   Dahanayaka, Niroshan J ^a   Bandaranayaka, Anoma K ^c   Perera, Manoj ^c   Priyankara, Sumudu ^a   Weerawansa, Prasanna ^a   Matthias, Michael A ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^b,d,e  

^a RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DNA 16S; INOTROPIC AGENT; UREA; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOODING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84893718542     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002626     Document Type: Article

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