Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years.

• Main Authors: Paul R Torgerson (Author), José E Hagan (Author), Federico Costa (Author), Juan Calcagno (Author), Michael Kane (Author), Martha S Martinez-Silveira (Author), Marga G A Goris (Author), Claudia Stein (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), Bernadette Abela-Ridder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis can cause life-threatening disease, there is no global burden of disease estimate in ter...