Severe Leptospirosis Observed in a Man Who Had Just Returned from Abroad

Leptospirosis, a re-emerging zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira, has a low incidence in Bulgaria. This paper reports a case of leptospirosis in Pleven, Bulgaria, in which the subject was infected after wading through irrigative canal in northern Greece. Two days later, he had a fever, myalgia...

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Main Authors: Galya Gancheva, Milena Karcheva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2013-03-01
Series:Balkan Medical Journal
Online Access:http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=434