Atypical lymphocytosis in leptospirosis: a cohort of hospitalized cases between 1996 and 2009 in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease found in tropical and temperate countries, and its clinical diagnostic confusion with arboviruses (dengue fever, oropouche fever and yellow fever), Brazilian spotted fever, viral hepatitis and hantaviruses has been an ongoing public health concern. T...

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Main Authors: Paulo Vieira Damasco, Carlos André Lins Ávila, Angélica Tápia Barbosa, Marilza de Moura Ribeiro Carvalho, Geraldo Moura Batista Pereira, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Márcio Neves Bóia, Martha Maria Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000500017&lng=en&tlng=en