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Leptospira Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Health Centre Patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda

BACKGROUND: The burden of human leptospirosis in Uganda is unknown. We estimated the seroprevalence of Leptospira antibodies, probable acute/recent leptospirosis, and risk factors for seropositivity in humans in rural Western Uganda. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: 359 non-pregnant adults visiti...

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Autores principales:	Dreyfus, Anou, Dyal, Jonathan W., Pearson, Raewynne, Kankya, Clovice, Kajura, Charles, Alinaitwe, Lordrick, Kakooza, Steven, Pelican, Katharine M., Travis, Dominic A., Mahero, Michael, Boulware, David R., Mugisha, Lawrence
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27487398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004858

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