Factors associated with Leptospira sp infection in a large urban center in northeastern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Dias, Juarez Pereira ^a,d   Teixeira, Maria Glória ^a   Costa, Maria Conceição Nascimento ^a   Mendes, Carlos Maurício Cardeal ^a   Guimarães, Patrícia ^b   Reis, Mitermayer Galvão ^b   Ko, Albert ^b,c   Barreto, Maurício Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Instituto de Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Seroprevalence; Urban epidemics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 36148984260     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000500002     Document Type: Article

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