title: International Leptospirosis Society: objectives and achievements.
authors.affiliation: WHO/FAO/OIE Leptospirosis Reference Center, KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen/Royal Tropical Institute). r.hartskeerl@kit.nl
authors.forename: Rudy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hartskeerl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011159:Population Surveillance; D051381:Rats; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014944:World Health Organization