Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in an endemic mixed urban and semi-urban setting-A community-based study in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Main Authors: Senaka Rajapakse (Author), Praveen N Weeratunga (Author), Krishan Balaji (Author), Kyra Charmaine Ramchandani (Author), Udani Savbhagya de Silva (Author), Shenali Avishka Ranasinghe (Author), Dinesh Gunarathne (Author), Pasindu P B Wijerathne (Author), Narmada Fernando (Author), Shiroma M Handunnetti (Author), Sumadhya Deepika Fernando (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leptospirosis is endemic in Sri Lanka. There is a need for updated seroprevalence studies in endemic areas, to improve the understanding of disease dynamics, risk factors, control methods, and for clinical diagnosis. The cut-off titres for the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) for diagnosis of ac...