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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| 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 |
| spellingShingle | Bryna Warshawsky L Robbin Lindsay Harvey Artsob Leptospira Infections in Trappers from Ontario 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 |
| title_sort | leptospira infections in trappers from ontario |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/392419 |
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