Prospective study of leptospirosis transmission in an urban slum community: role of poor environment in repeated exposures to the Leptospira agent.

<h4>Background</h4>Leptospirosis has emerged as an urban health problem as slum settlements have rapidly spread worldwide and created conditions for rat-borne transmission. Prospective studies have not been performed to determine the disease burden, identify risk factors for infection and provide in...

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Huvudupphov:	Ridalva D M Felzemburgh, Guilherme S Ribeiro, Federico Costa, Renato B Reis, José E Hagan, Astrid X T O Melendez, Deborah Fraga, Francisco S Santana, Sharif Mohr, Balbino L dos Santos, Adriano Q Silva, Andréia C Santos, Romy R Ravines, Wagner S Tassinari, Marília S Carvalho, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko
Materialtyp:	Artigo
Språk:	Inglês
Utgiven:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Serie:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Länkar:	https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002927&type=printable
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