Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hagan, José E ^a   Moraga, Paula ^b   Costa, Federico ^a,c,d   Capian, Nicolas ^b   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^c,d   Wunder, Elsio A ^a   Felzemburgh, Ridalva D M ^c   Reis, Renato B ^c   Nery, Nivison ^c   Santana, Francisco S ^c   Fraga, Deborah ^c   dos Santos, Balbino L ^c   Santos, Andréia C ^c   Queiroz, Adriano ^c   Tassinari, Wagner ^c   Carvalho, Marilia S ^c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^c   Diggle, Peter J ^b   Ko, Albert I ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST RODENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEWER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961347404     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004275     Document Type: Article

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