Household rat infestation in urban slum populations: Development and validation of a predictive score for leptospirosis.

• Main Authors: Federico Costa (Author), Caio Graco Zeppelini (Author), Guilherme S Ribeiro (Author), Norlan Santos (Author), Renato Barbosa Reis (Author), Ridalva D Martins (Author), Deborah Bittencourt (Author), Carlos Santana (Author), Jonas Brant (Author), Mitermayer G Reis (Author), Albert I Ko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Domestic rats are the principal reservoir for urban leptospirosis. However, few studies have identified infestation markers in slums and evaluated their predictivity for leptospirosis risk. We compared households with leptospirosis cases in Salvador, Brazil between 2007 and 2009 and their neighbors...