Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Costa, Federico ^a,b,c   Hagan, José E ^a,c   Calcagno, Juan ^a   Kane, Michael ^c   Torgerson, Paul ^d   Martinez Silveira, Martha S ^a   Stein, Claudia ^e   Abela Ridder, Bernadette ^e   Ko, Albert I ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FATALITY; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZOONOSES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORTALITY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84943161123     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898     Document Type: Article

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