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Evaluation of surveillance case definition in the diagnosis of leptospirosis, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test: a validation study
BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is endemic in both urban and rural areas of Sri Lanka and there had been many out breaks in the recent past. This study was aimed at validating the leptospirosis surveillance case definition, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). METHODS: The study population cons...
Autores principales: | Dassanayake, Dinesh LB, Wimalaratna, Harith, Agampodi, Suneth B, Liyanapathirana, Veranja C, Piyarathna, Thibbotumunuwe ACL, Goonapienuwala, Bimba L |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19386085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-48 |
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