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Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums
BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis has become an urban health problem as slum settlements have expanded worldwide. Efforts to identify interventions for urban leptospirosis have been hampered by the lack of population-based information on Leptospira transmission determinants. The aim of the study was to esti...
Autores principales: | Reis, Renato B., Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Felzemburgh, Ridalva D. M., Santana, Francisco S., Mohr, Sharif, Melendez, Astrid X. T. O., Queiroz, Adriano, Santos, Andréia C., Ravines, Romy R., Tassinari, Wagner S., Carvalho, Marília S., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000228 |
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