Impact of environment and social gradient on Leptospira infection in urban slums.

• Main Authors: Renato B Reis (Author), Guilherme S Ribeiro (Author), Ridalva D M Felzemburgh (Author), Francisco S Santana (Author), Sharif Mohr (Author), Astrid X T O Melendez (Author), Adriano Queiroz (Author), Andréia C Santos (Author), Romy R Ravines (Author), Wagner S Tassinari (Author), Marília S Carvalho (Author), Mitermayer G Reis (Author), Albert I Ko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis has become an urban health problem as slum settlements have expanded worldwide. Efforts to identify interventions for urban leptospirosis have been hampered by the lack of population-based information on Leptospira transmission determinants. The aim of the study was to estimate the pre...