Risk factors for human acute leptospirosis in northern Tanzania

Leptospirosis is a major cause of febrile illness in Africa but little is known about risk factors for human infection. We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate risk factors for acute leptospirosis and Leptospira seropositivity among patients with fever attending referral hospitals in nor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018-06, Vol.12 (6), p.e0006372-e0006372
Hauptverfasser:	Maze, Michael J, Cash-Goldwasser, Shama, Rubach, Matthew P, Biggs, Holly M, Galloway, Renee L, Sharples, Katrina J, Allan, Kathryn J, Halliday, Jo E B, Cleaveland, Sarah, Shand, Michael C, Muiruri, Charles, Kazwala, Rudovick R, Saganda, Wilbrod, Lwezaula, Bingileki F, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Maro, Venance P, Crump, John A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Agglutination Agglutination tests Animal wastes Bacterial infections Biodiversity Biology and Life Sciences Cattle Child Child, Preschool Cleaning Cross-Sectional Studies Disease control Earth Sciences Ecosystems Exposure Farming Female Fever Funding Health aspects Health risks Hospitals Human diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infections Infectious diseases Laboratories Leptospira Leptospira - immunology Leptospira - isolation & purification Leptospirosis Leptospirosis - epidemiology Leptospirosis - microbiology Livestock Logistic Models Male Management Mathematical analysis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Patients Population Ratios Research and Analysis Methods Risk analysis Risk assessment Risk Factors Risk taking Rodents Serum Spatio-Temporal Analysis Supervision Surface water Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Tropical diseases University colleges Urine Young Adult Zoonoses
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