Leptospirosis in American Samoa--estimating and mapping risk using environmental data.

• Главные авторы: Colleen L Lau (Автор), Archie C A Clements (Автор), Chris Skelly (Автор), Annette J Dobson (Автор), Lee D Smythe (Автор), Philip Weinstein (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: The recent emergence of leptospirosis has been linked to many environmental drivers of disease transmission. Accurate epidemiological data are lacking because of under-diagnosis, poor laboratory capacity, and inadequate surveillance. Predictive risk maps have been produced for many disea...