Leptospirosis as a cause of fever associated with jaundice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Patrick Mukadi Kakoni (Author), Yannick Munyeku Bazitama (Author), Jean Raphael Nepomuceno (Author), Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu (Author), Francois Kawhata Mawika (Author), Gracia Kashitu Mujinga (Author), Luigi Palla (Author), Steve Ahuka-Mundeke (Author), Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum (Author), Nobuo Koizumi (Author), Yoshinao Kubo (Author), Koya Ariyoshi (Author), Chris Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Fever with jaundice is a common symptom of some infectious diseases. In public health surveillance within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), yellow fever is the only recognized cause of fever with jaundice. However, only 5% of the surveillance cases are positi...