Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario

BACKGROUND: Four trappers presented to the Middlesex-London Health Unit in November, 1997 with similar clinical presentations. All four complained of fever, chills and headache, and three of the four had severe muscle aches. All gave histories of trapping raccoons before the onset of illness. Three...

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Main Authors: Bryna Warshawsky, L Robbin Lindsay, Harvey Artsob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/392419
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description BACKGROUND: Four trappers presented to the Middlesex-London Health Unit in November, 1997 with similar clinical presentations. All four complained of fever, chills and headache, and three of the four had severe muscle aches. All gave histories of trapping raccoons before the onset of illness. Three of the four men exhibited diagnostic seroconversions to Leptospira grippotyphosa.
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spelling doaj-art-eb69e732284f4ccebe8b246a29604a952025-08-20T02:22:21ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322000-01-01111475110.1155/2000/392419Leptospira Infections in Trappers from OntarioBryna Warshawsky0L Robbin Lindsay1Harvey Artsob2Middlesex-London Health Unit, London, Ontario, CanadaBureau of Microbiology, Canadian Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBureau of Microbiology, Canadian Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Four trappers presented to the Middlesex-London Health Unit in November, 1997 with similar clinical presentations. All four complained of fever, chills and headache, and three of the four had severe muscle aches. All gave histories of trapping raccoons before the onset of illness. Three of the four men exhibited diagnostic seroconversions to Leptospira grippotyphosa.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/392419
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
title Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario
title_full Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario
title_fullStr Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario
title_full_unstemmed Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario
title_short Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario
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