The place behind the case: leptospirosis risks and associated environmental conditions in a flood-related outbreak in Rio de Janeiro

The environmental context in which a leptospirosis outbreak took place during the summer of 1996 in the Rio de Janeiro Western Region was examined by using spatial analysis of leptospirosis cases merged with socio-demographic data using Geographic Information System (GIS). Risk areas were mapped bas...

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Main Authors: Christovam Barcellos, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2001000700014&lng=en&tlng=en