Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System

Similarities between COVID-19 and Leptospirosis Signs and Symptoms May Lead to a Delay in Diagnosis and a Misleading Increase in Reported Cases of COVID-19

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Layla Shojaie 1
Rozhan Khezri 2
Mohaddese Mirzapour 3
Soraia Khafri 4
Mousa Ghelichi- Ghojogh 5
Hossein-Ali Nikbakht 4

1 Division f GI/Liver, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2 Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Persian medicine, Mazandaran university of medical sciences, Mazandaran, Iran

4 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

5 Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/jhsss.2021.92508.1357
Abstract
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Keywords

COVID-19
Diagnosis Leptospirosis
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