Epidemiological investigation of a human leptospirosis case reported in a suburban area near Marseille

Leptospirosis has been re-emerging in both developed and developing countries, including in Europe, where the phenomenon has notably been associated with urban transmission. In this work, we describe an epidemiological investigation that demonstrated a case of human infection due to peri-urban trans...

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Autores principales: Dupouey, J, Faucher, B, Edouard, S, Richet, H, de Broucker, C-A, Marié, J-L, Kodjo, A, Davoust, B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report – First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nmi2.45
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Sumario:Leptospirosis has been re-emerging in both developed and developing countries, including in Europe, where the phenomenon has notably been associated with urban transmission. In this work, we describe an epidemiological investigation that demonstrated a case of human infection due to peri-urban transmission of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae in southeastern France.

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