Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada

Leptospirosis is found worldwide, except in northern regions. We report a case associated with a backcountry adventure race in Manitoba, Canada. Initially, nonspecific symptomatology and diagnostic pitfalls contributed to a delay in identification. Careful attention needs to be paid to exposure to a...

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Autores principales: Kassim, Sameer S., Dibernardo, Antonia, Lindsay, L. Robbin, Wuerz, Terence C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30457535
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.181015
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author Kassim, Sameer S.
Dibernardo, Antonia
Lindsay, L. Robbin
Wuerz, Terence C.
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description Leptospirosis is found worldwide, except in northern regions. We report a case associated with a backcountry adventure race in Manitoba, Canada. Initially, nonspecific symptomatology and diagnostic pitfalls contributed to a delay in identification. Careful attention needs to be paid to exposure to and risk for leptospirosis in northern and temperate climates.
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spelling pubmed-62563892018-12-05 Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada Kassim, Sameer S. Dibernardo, Antonia Lindsay, L. Robbin Wuerz, Terence C. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Leptospirosis is found worldwide, except in northern regions. We report a case associated with a backcountry adventure race in Manitoba, Canada. Initially, nonspecific symptomatology and diagnostic pitfalls contributed to a delay in identification. Careful attention needs to be paid to exposure to and risk for leptospirosis in northern and temperate climates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6256389/ /pubmed/30457535 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.181015 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Kassim, Sameer S.
Dibernardo, Antonia
Lindsay, L. Robbin
Wuerz, Terence C.
Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title_full Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title_fullStr Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title_short Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada
title_sort locally acquired leptospirosis in expedition racer, manitoba, canada
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30457535
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.181015
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