Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region

Florence B. Victoriano, Ann; D. Smythe, Lee; Gloriani-Barzaga, Nina; L. Cavinta, Lolita; Kasai, Takeshi; Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit; Lee Ong, Bee; Gongal, Gyanendra; M. Hall, Julie; Anne Coulombe, Caroline; Yanagihara, Yasutake; Yoshida, Shin�ichi; Adler, Ben

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-147

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Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Sep 4, 2009

Authors:

Ann Florence B. Victoriano

Lee D. Smythe

Nina Gloriani-Barzaga

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection that has been recognized for decades, but the problem of the disease has not been fully addressed, particularly in resource-poor, developing countries, where the major burden of the disease occurs. This paper presents an overview of the cur...

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Leptospirosis

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Environmental health

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