Household Transmission of Leptospira Infection in Urban Slum Communities

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonotic disease, is the cause of epidemics associated with high mortality in urban slum communities. Infection with pathogenic Leptospira occurs during environmental exposures and is traditionally associated with occupational risk activities. However, slum...

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Autores principales: Maciel, Elves A. P., de Carvalho, Ana Luiza F., Nascimento, Simone F., de Matos, Rosan B., Gouveia, Edilane L., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18357340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000154

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