A ten-year follow-up of human leptospirosis in Uruguay: an unresolved health problem
Leptospira spp. are delicate bacteria that cannot be studied by usual microbiological methods. They cause leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans through infected urine of wild or domestic animals. We studied the incidence of this disease in the Uruguayan population, its epidemiologi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2012-04-01
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| 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=S0036-46652012000200003&lng=en&tlng=en |