Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease that affects vulnerable populations such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis can cause life-threatening clinical manifestations such as pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome and has a worldwide distribution, to date, the...

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Main Authors: Torgerson, Paul R., Hagan, José E., Costa, Federico, Calcagno, Juan, Kane, Michael, Martinez-Silveira, Martha S., Goris, Marga G. A., Stein, Claudia, Ko, Albert I., Abela-Ridder, Bernadette
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591975/