… on Leptospira transmission determinants. The aim of the study was to estimate the
prevalence of Leptospira infection and identify risk factors for infection in the urban slum setting. …

… leptospiral infection in urban slums is determined in large part by structural features, both
social and environmental. … demonstrating the social and environmental gradient within the Pau …

… We identified a burden of infection with leptospirosis among slum residents, and found that
… Similarly, further work is required to identify the processes by which the social gradient of …

… aimed to evaluate Leptospira infection, we describe an environmental and rodent survey …
, retained the following characteristics: rodent access to water, domicile built on a slope and un-…

… was contaminated with the urine of infected rats. In four urban slums in the city of Salvador,
Brazil, … Yet, even within communities that may appear uniformly poor, there are gradients in ill …

… In this study, we aimed to determine the abundance of pathogenic Leptospira in the surface
waters of an urban slum with high risk for leptospirosis infection, and to evaluate how their …

… burden of the pathogen affect the dynamics of leptospirosis infection and disease. These
future studies will also need to determine whether community interventions, despite not …

… community: role of poor environment in repeated exposures to the Leptospira agent. PLoS …
Impact of environment and social gradient on Leptospira infection in urban slums. PLoS Negl …

… gradients, high population density and a heterogeneous … of leptospirosis transmission in
an urban slum community: role of poor environment in repeated exposures to the Leptospira …

… in which poor sanitation services influences leptospirosis case … , increasing interactions of
infectious agent and population by … The exposure to the infectious agents is an environmental …