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Abstract
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.
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- Jaundice, Spirochetal
- Leptospirosis, Icterohemorrhagic
- Weil's Disease
- Disease, Weil
- Disease, Weil's
- Icterohemorrhagic Leptospirosis
- Spirochetal Jaundice
- Weils Disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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if not caused by LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE, coord IM with specific Leptospira interrogans serovar (IM) or LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS (IM)
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2003 (1963)
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WC 420
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Weil Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014895. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014895
- Weil Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13454801