Factors associated with Leptospira sp infection in a large urban center in northeastern Brazil Fatores associados à infecção por Leptospira sp em um grande centro urbano do Nordeste do Brasil

Factors associated with Leptospira sp infection in a large urban center in northeastern Brazil Fatores associados à infecção por Leptospira sp em um grande centro urbano do Nordeste do Brasil

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that has emerged to cause epidemics in urban communities in developing countries. However, little is known about the infection in the general population. A seroprevalence survey was performed on a random sample of 1,390 subjects in Salvador, Brazil. Data on enviro...

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Main Authors:	Juarez Pereira Dias, Maria Glória Teixeira, Maria Conceição Nascimento Costa, Carlos Maurício Cardeal Mendes, Patrícia Guimarães, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Albert Ko, Maurício Lima Barreto
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007-10-01
Series:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:	Leptospirose Soroprevalência Epidemiologia Epidemias urbanas Leptospirosis Seroprevalence Epidemiology Urban epidemics
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822007000500002

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