Unsuspected Leptospirosis Is a Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Nicaragua

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Reller, Megan E ^a,b   Wunder Jr , Elsio A ^c   Miles, Jeremy J ^d   Flom, Judith E ^e   Mayorga, Orlando ^f   Woods, Christopher W ^b,d   Ko, Albert I ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^g   Matute, Armando J ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hubert Yeargan Center for Global Health   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGORITHM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NICARAGUA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NICARAGUA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905495563     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002941     Document Type: Article

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