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

• Main Authors: Colleen L Lau (Author), Archie C A Clements (Author), Chris Skelly (Author), Annette J Dobson (Author), Lee D Smythe (Author), Philip Weinstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...