Increasing trends of leptospirosis in northern India: a clinico-epidemiological study.

• Main Authors: Sunil Sethi (Author), Navneet Sharma (Author), Nandita Kakkar (Author), Juhi Taneja (Author), Shiv Sekhar Chatterjee (Author), Surinder Singh Banga (Author), Meera Sharma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis, a zoonosis associated with potentially fatal consequences, has long been a grossly underreported disease in India. There is no accurate estimate of the problem of leptospirosis in non-endemic areas such as north India. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In order to understand the...