Human leptospirosis in the federated states of micronesia: A hospital-based febrile illness survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Colt, Susannah ^a   Pavlin, Boris I ^b   Kool, Jacob L ^b   Johnson, Eliaser ^c   McCool, Judith P ^d   Woodward, Alistair J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Pohnpei Department of Health Services Federated States of Micronesia   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Federated States of Micronesia; Leptospirosis; Pohnpei; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GARDENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS RAPID TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICRONESIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898036186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-186     Document Type: Article

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