Prospective Study of Leptospirosis Transmission in an Urban Slum Community: Role of Poor Environment in Repeated Exposures to the Leptospira Agent

BACKGROUND: 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 informati...

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Main Authors: Felzemburgh, Ridalva D. M., Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Costa, Federico, Reis, Renato B., Hagan, José E., Melendez, Astrid X. T. O., Fraga, Deborah, Santana, Francisco S., Mohr, Sharif, dos Santos, Balbino L., Silva, Adriano Q., Santos, Andréia C., Ravines, Romy R., Tassinari, Wagner S., Carvalho, Marília S., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038618/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24875389
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002927
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