The world is becoming urban. The UN predicts that the world's urban population will almost
double from 3· 3 billion in 2007 to 6· 3 billion in 2050. Most of this increase will be in …

This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now
house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America …

This report offers a consensus opinion on the diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and
prevention of leptospirosis in dogs, an important zoonosis. Clinical signs of leptospirosis in …

Leptospirosis is considered an underdiagnosed disease. Although several PCR-based
methods are currently in use, there is little information on their comparability. In this study …

Leptospirosis is a neglected infectious disease caused by spirochetes from the genus
Leptospira. It constitutes a major public health problem in developing countries, with …

Leptospirosis is an important neglected infectious disease that occurs in urban
environments, as well as in rural regions worldwide. Rodents, the principal reservoir hosts of …

Background Widespread but particularly incident in the tropics, leptospirosis is transmitted to
humans directly or indirectly by virtually any Mammal species. However, rodents are …

The leptospiral LigA protein consists of 13 bacterial immunoglobulin-like (Big) domains and
is the only purified recombinant subunit vaccine that has been demonstrated to protect …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the mechanisms by which weather
conditions, the incidence of Leptospira in reservoir populations, and various socio …

Leptospirosis, a worldwide distributed zoononis caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira
(antigenically classified into serovars), may be direct or indirectly transmitted through …