A NEW POSSIBILITY FOR SURVEILLANCE: DO WE IDENTIFY ALL CASES OF LEPTOSPIROSIS?

SUMMARY Leptospirosis is a febrile disease with a typically underestimated global incidence, especially in regions where dengue is endemic. Therefore, it is difficult to accurately determine the number of leptospirosis cases in these areas, which contributes to significant under-reporting this disea...

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Main Authors: Raissa Matos FONTES, Luciano Pamplona de Góes CAVALCANTI, Augusto César Aragão OLIVEIRA, Laiane Fernanda de Melo BEZERRA, Almira Maria Monteiro GOMES, Jeová Keny Baima COLARES, Danielle Malta LIMA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652015000500443&lng=en&tlng=en