Background Leptospirosis has become an urban health problem as slum settlements have
expanded worldwide. Efforts to identify interventions for urban leptospirosis have been …

Background Leptospirosis has emerged as an urban health problem as slum settlements
have rapidly spread worldwide and created conditions for rat-borne transmission …

Background Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonotic disease, is the cause of epidemics
associated with high mortality in urban slum communities. Infection with pathogenic …

Residents of urban slums suffer from a high burden of zoonotic diseases due to individual,
socioeconomic, and environmental factors. We conducted a cross-sectional sero-survey in …

Background Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum
settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in elucidating …

Leptospirosis disproportionately affects residents of urban slums. To understand the
knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding leptospirosis, we conducted a cross-sectional …

Background Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease that causes considerable
morbidity and mortality globally, primarily in residents of urban slums. While contact with …

Background The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the principal reservoir for leptospirosis in
many urban settings. Few studies have identified markers for rat infestation in slum …

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that has emerged to cause epidemics in urban
communities in developing countries. However, little is known about the infection in the …

Background Although previous data indicate that the overall incidence of human
leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon is similar in urban and rural sites, severe leptospirosis …