Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in elucidating risk factors and informing approaches for prevention is the complex and heterogeneous environment within slums, which vary at f...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Hagan, José E., Moraga, Paula, Costa, Federico, Capian, Nicolas, Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Wunder, Elsio A., Felzemburgh, Ridalva D. M., Reis, Renato B., Nery, Nivison, Santana, Francisco S., Fraga, Deborah, dos Santos, Balbino L., Santos, Andréia C., Queiroz, Adriano, Tassinari, Wagner, Carvalho, Marilia S., Reis, Mitermayer G., Diggle, Peter J., Ko, Albert I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714915/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771379
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004275
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