Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil

Leptospirosis is a rat-borne infectious disease that occurs worldwide, predominantly among vulnerable populations, such as urban slum communities with poor sanitation infrastructure. However, urban slums are complex local settings, where transmission of the disease varies over space and time, and th...

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Main Authors: 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.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714915/