Childhood leptospirosis in an industrialized country: Population-based study in Okinawa, Japan

Kouki Tomari; Takao Toyokawa; Takuto Takahashi; Tetsuya Kakita; Sho Okano; Hisako Kyan; Naoya Tonegawa; Teppei Okawa; Takashi Matsuoka; Tsutomu Matsumora

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006294

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Childhood leptospirosis in an industrialized country: Population-based study in Okinawa, Japan

Kouki Tomari ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kouki.tom.1228@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-1697

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Takao Toyokawa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan
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Takuto Takahashi,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America
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Tetsuya Kakita,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Zoology Section, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Okinawa, Japan
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Sho Okano,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Zoology Section, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Okinawa, Japan
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Hisako Kyan,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Zoology Section, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Okinawa, Japan
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Naoya Tonegawa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan
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Teppei Okawa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan
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Takashi Matsuoka,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan
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Tsutomu Matsumora

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan
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Childhood leptospirosis in an industrialized country: Population-based study in Okinawa, Japan

Kouki Tomari,
Takao Toyokawa,
Takuto Takahashi,
Tetsuya Kakita,
Sho Okano,
Hisako Kyan,
Naoya Tonegawa,
Teppei Okawa,
Takashi Matsuoka,
Tsutomu Matsumora

Published: March 8, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006294

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