Prospective Study of Leptospirosis Transmission in an Urban Slum Community: Role of Poor Environment in Repeated Exposures to the Leptospira Agent

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Felzemburgh, Ridalva D M ^a,b   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^a,b   Costa, Federico ^a,c   Reis, Renato B ^a   Hagan, José E ^a,c   Melendez, Astrid X T O ^a   Fraga, Deborah ^a   Santana, Francisco S ^a,d   Mohr, Sharif ^a   dos Santos, Balbino L ^a   Silva, Adriano Q ^a   Santos, Andréia C ^a   Ravines, Romy R ^a   Tassinari, Wagner S ^a,e   Carvalho, Marília S ^a   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Ko, Albert I ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centro Administrativo   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEWER; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH; LEPTOSPIRA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901779232     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002927     Document Type: Article

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