The place behind the case: leptospirosis risks and associated environmental conditions in a flood-related outbreak in Rio de Janeiro O lugar do caso: leptospirose e riscos associados a condições ambientais durante o surto de 1996 na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro

• Main Authors: Christovam Barcellos (Author), Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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The environmental context in which a leptospirosis outbreak took place during the summer of 1996 in the Rio de Janeiro Western Region was examined by using spatial analysis of leptospirosis cases merged with socio-demographic data using Geographic Information System (GIS). Risk areas were mapped bas...