Early Indicators of Fatal Leptospirosis during the 2010 Epidemic in Puerto Rico.

• Päätekijät: Tyler M Sharp (Tekijä), Brenda Rivera García (Tekijä), Janice Pérez-Padilla (Tekijä), Renee L Galloway (Tekijä), Marta Guerra (Tekijä), Kyle R Ryff (Tekijä), Dana Haberling (Tekijä), Sharada Ramakrishnan (Tekijä), Sean Shadomy (Tekijä), Dianna Blau (Tekijä), Kay M Tomashek (Tekijä), William A Bower (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal bacterial zoonosis that is endemic throughout the tropics and may be misdiagnosed as dengue. Delayed hospital admission of leptospirosis patients is associated with increased mortality.During a concurrent dengue/leptospirosis epidemic in Puerto Rico in 2010, susp...