Household transmission of Leptospira infection in urban slum communities

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Maciel, Elves A P ^a   de Carvalho, Ana Luiza F ^a   Nascimento, Simone F ^a,b   de Matos, Rosan B ^a,c   Gouveia, Edilane L ^a   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Ko, Albert I ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Municipal Secretary of Health for Salvador   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria da Saude do Estado da Bahia   (Brazil)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48949117995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000154     Document Type: Article

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