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

• Main Authors: Tyler M Sharp (Author), Brenda Rivera García (Author), Janice Pérez-Padilla (Author), Renee L Galloway (Author), Marta Guerra (Author), Kyle R Ryff (Author), Dana Haberling (Author), Sharada Ramakrishnan (Author), Sean Shadomy (Author), Dianna Blau (Author), Kay M Tomashek (Author), William A Bower (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...