Sporadic urban leptospirosis

JM Vinetz, GE Glass, CE Flexner, P Mueller… - Annals of internal …, 1996 - acpjournals.org
… We described three sporadic urban cases of leptospirosis. These patients acquired L. … of
leptospirosis. The most notable aspect of these cases—the presence of the disease in urban

Urban epidemic of severe leptospirosis in Brazil

AI Ko, MG Reis, CMR Dourado, WD Johnson, LW Riley - The Lancet, 1999 - thelancet.com
leptospirosis was a sporadic rural disease associated with … urban migration and urban
population growth have since altered Brazilian cities and created new environments for leptospiral

Rainfall and other meteorological factors as drivers of urban transmission of leptospirosis

M Cunha, F Costa, GS Ribeiro… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… In these settings, leptospirosis transmission is related to contamination of the peridomestic …
urban leptospirosis [15–17]. In addition to these large sporadic events, seasonal leptospirosis

Environmental risk factors of leptospirosis in urban settings: a systematic review protocol

MHA Mutalip, MAF Mahmud, N Yoep… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… health problem where epidemics sporadically distributed in inner city … of urban leptospirosis
and when data are available, we will identify types of leptospirosis serovars in the urban

Population-based case-control investigation of risk factors for leptospirosis during an urban epidemic.

U Sarkar, SF Nascimento, R Barbosa, R Martins… - 2002 - arca.fiocruz.br
Leptospirosis, which is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, is …
zoonosis,2,3 it has traditionally been a sporadic disease of rural and tropical settings, restricted to …

Detection and modelling of case clusters for urban leptospirosis

WS Tassinari, DCP Pellegrini, CBP Sá… - Tropical medicine & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Leptospirosis is traditionally considered a sporadic rural-based disease associated with risk
occupations. Ecological and case–control studies found that household determinants such …

Prospective Study of Leptospirosis Transmission in an Urban Slum Community: Role of Poor Environment in Repeated Exposures to the Leptospira Agent

RDM Felzemburgh, GS Ribeiro, F Costa… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Leptospirosis has traditionally been a sporadic rural-based disease associated with occupational
risk groups such as subsistence farmers [3]. However, changes in human demography …

Household Transmission of Leptospira Infection in Urban Slum Communities

EAP Maciel, ALF de Carvalho… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
… region for urban leptospirosis, identified household clustering of Leptospira infection within
… in industrialised countries, which is a sporadic disease associated with inner city homeless …

Leptospirosis and the environment: A review and future directions

EA Bradley, G Lockaby - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
… In addition, we will also review how these components may differ along the urban–rural
gradient. Due to the global extent of Leptospira and the impacts that leptospirosis has on human …

Human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring Leptospira interrogans in urban areas of Tokyo, Japan

N Koizumi, M Muto, T Tanikawa… - Journal of medical …, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
… Most of these rat isolates were Leptospira interrogans serovar … of leptospirosis, and that
rat-borne leptospires occur in urban … of leptospirosis and rat reservoirs of leptospires in urban