Unsuspected leptospirosis is a cause of acute febrile illness in Nicaragua.

• Main Authors: Megan E Reller (Author), Elsio A Wunder (Author), Jeremy J Miles (Author), Judith E Flom (Author), Orlando Mayorga (Author), Christopher W Woods (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), J Stephen Dumler (Author), Armando J Matute (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemic severe leptospirosis was recognized in Nicaragua in 1995, but unrecognized epidemic and endemic disease remains unstudied.To determine the burden of and risk factors associated with symptomatic leptospirosis in Nicaragua, we prospectively studied patients presenting with fever at a large te...