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Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil
BACKGROUND: Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in elucidating risk factors and informing approaches for prevention is the complex and heterogeneous environment within slums, which vary at f...
Autores principales: | Hagan, José E., Moraga, Paula, Costa, Federico, Capian, Nicolas, Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Wunder, Elsio A., Felzemburgh, Ridalva D. M., Reis, Renato B., Nery, Nivison, Santana, Francisco S., Fraga, Deborah, dos Santos, Balbino L., Santos, Andréia C., Queiroz, Adriano, Tassinari, Wagner, Carvalho, Marilia S., Reis, Mitermayer G., Diggle, Peter J., Ko, Albert I. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004275 |
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