Estimating the Burden of Leptospirosis among Febrile Subjects Aged below 20 Years in Kampong Cham Communities, Cambodia, 2007-2009.

Autor: Sopheak Hem, Sowath Ly, Irene Votsi, Florian Vogt, Nima Asgari, Philippe Buchy, Seiha Heng, Mathieu Picardeau, Touch Sok, Sovann Ly, Rekol Huy, Bertrand Guillard, Simon Cauchemez, Arnaud Tarantola
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 4, p e0151555 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151555
Popis: Leptospirosis is an emerging but neglected public health challenge in the Asia/Pacific Region with an annual incidence estimated at 10-100 per 100,000 population. No accurate data, however, are available for at-risk rural Cambodian communities.We conducted anonymous, unlinked testing for IgM antibodies to Leptospira spp. on paired sera of Cambodian patients
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