Leptospirosis in a subsistence farming community in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1233-1238

  Lacerda, Hênio G ^a   Monteiro, Gloria R ^a   Oliveira, Carlos C G ^a   Suassuna, Fernando B ^a   Queiroz, Jose W ^a   Barbosa, James D A ^a   Martins, Daniella R ^a   Reis, Mitemayer G ^a   Ko, Albert I ^b,c   Jeronimo, Selma M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disease outbreaks; Leptospirosis; Prevalence; Rural population; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 54849422818     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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