First evidence of leptospirosis in Vanuatu
| Autor: | Philippe Perolat, P.A. Reeve |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Isolation (health care) Diagnostico diferencial Disease Disease Outbreaks Dengue fever Dengue Diagnosis Differential Vanuatu Humans Medicine Leptospirosis Intensive care medicine business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Virology Infectious Diseases Female Parasitology Viral disease Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 86:557-559 |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | The clinical picture of leptospirosis is often confusing and biological confirmation with reference tests (microagglutination test or isolation of the organism) is not usually possible in tropical countries where the disease remains undiagnosed. We report here the first human cases of leptospirosis in Vanuatu (South Pacific), which occurred during the 1989–1990 epidemic of dengue, and discuss the differential diagnosis of the 2 diseases. |
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