Discovery of a Leptospirosis Cluster Amidst a Pneumonic Plague Outbreak in a Miners’ Camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo provide an ideal environment for leptospirosis and plague, both of which can cause severe pulmonary manifestations. In December 2004, an outbreak of lethal pneumonia occurred in a local mining camp, affecting 130 persons and killing 57 of them. Clin...

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Autores principales: Bertherat, Eric, Mueller, Melissa J., Shako, Jean-Christophe, Picardeau, Mathieu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24514425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110201824

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