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Descriptor
English
:
Weil Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Weil
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Weil
Synonyms
English
:
Jaundice, Spirochetal
Leptospirosis, Icterohemorrhagic
Tree Number:
C01.252.400.511.739
C01.252.847.511.739
Definition
English
:
A severe form of
LEPTOSPIROSIS
, usually caused by
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE
and occasionally other serovars. It is transmitted to
humans
by the rat and is characterized by hemorrhagic and renal
symptoms
with accompanying
JAUNDICE.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
if not caused by
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE
, coord IM with specific
Leptospira interrogans
serovar (IM) or
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS
(IM)
History Note
English
:
2003 (1963)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
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embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
15298
Unique Identifier:
D014895
Occurrence in VHL
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