Leptospirosis in Egypt: Is it the tip of an iceberg? [6]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1110-1111

  El Sherbini, Azza ^a  

^a Tanta Fever Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CROSS REACTION; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEBRILE BONE MARROW APLASIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHEMORRHAGICA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85047696891     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521945     Document Type: Letter

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