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Do People Know Adequately about Leptospirosis? A Knowledge Assessment Survey in Post-outbreak Situation in Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVES: Sri Lanka experienced the worst ever outbreak of leptospirosis in 2008. One major determinant of control and prevention of communicable diseases is public awareness on the disease. The purpose of the present study was to determine the awareness on leptospirosis among public Sri Lanka. ME...

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Autores principales:	Agampodi, Suneth B, Agampodi, Thilini C, Thalagala, Eranga, Perera, Sahan, Chandraratne, Shashika, Fernando, Shantushya
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21566785

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