Estimating Leptospirosis Incidence Using Hospital-Based Surveillance and a Population-Based Health Care Utilization Survey in Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Biggs, Holly M ^a   Hertz, Julian T ^a   Munishi, O Michael ^b   Galloway, Renee L ^c   Marks, Florian ^d   Saganda, Wilbrod ^e   Maro, Venance P ^b,f   Crump, John A ^a,b,f,g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^e Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892694665     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002589     Document Type: Article

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