Studying risk factors associated with human leptospirosis

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-9

  Kamath, Ramachandra ^a   Swain, Subhashisa ^b   Pattanshetty, Sanjay ^a   Nair, N Sreekumaran ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Case control study; India; Leptospirosis; Population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84896355219     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.127941     Document Type: Article

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