Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

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10556.  Vitale G, La Russa C, Galioto A, Chifari N, Mocciaro C, Caruso R, Micalizzi A, Mansueto P, Di Rosa S, Mansueto S. Evaluation of an IgM-ELISA test for the diagnosis of human leptospirosis. New Microbiol. 2004 Apr;27(2):149-54.

Pathogenesis:

10557.  Boland M, Sayers G, Coleman T, Bergin C, Sheehan N, Creamer E, O'Connell M, Jones L, Zochowski W. A cluster of leptospirosis cases in canoeists following a competition on the River Liffey. Epidemiol Infect. 2004 Apr;132(2):195-200.

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