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Descriptor
English
:
Weil Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Weil
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Weil
Synonyms
English
:
Weil's Disease
Disease, Weil
Disease, Weil's
Icterohemorrhagic Leptospirosis
Spirochetal Jaundice
Weils Disease
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
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
15298
Unique Identifier:
D014895
Occurrence in VHL
:
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