Characterization of illness; Medical condition of one of the three athletes; Reference to the sporting activity which two of these athletes participated in; Ascertaining of acute-phase serum specimens from two of the three hospitalized athletes....
Discusses an investigation of an outbreak of acute febrile illness among athletes participating in triathlons in Illinois and Wisconsin. Initial testing of specimens from four athletes which identified leptospirosis as the illness in all four; Ongoing investigation of the outbreak; Editorial note from ...