Overlooked Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease after Leptospiral Infection: A Population-Based Survey and Epidemiological Cohort Evidence.

• Main Authors: Huang-Yu Yang (Author), Cheng-Chieh Hung (Author), Su-Hsun Liu (Author), Yi-Gen Guo (Author), Yung-Chang Chen (Author), Yi-Ching Ko (Author), Chiung-Tseng Huang (Author), Li-Fang Chou (Author), Ya-Chung Tian (Author), Ming-Yang Chang (Author), Hsiang-Hao Hsu (Author), Ming-Yen Lin (Author), Shang-Jyh Hwang (Author), Chih-Wei Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis. Chronic human infection and asymptomatic colonization have been reported. However, renal involvement in those with leptospira chronic exposure remains undetermined.In 2007, a multistage sampling survey for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was conducted in a...