Clinical-epidemiological study of leptospirosis in humans and reservoirs in Yucatán, México

• Main Authors: Ignacio VADO-SOLÍS, María F. CÁRDENAS-MARRUFO, Bertha JIMÉNEZ-DELGADILLO, Alejandro ALZINA-LÓPEZ, Hugo LAVIADA-MOLINA, Víctor SUAREZ-SOLÍS, Jorge E. ZAVALA-VELÁZQUEZ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002
• Subjects: Leptospirosis; Prevalence; Incidence; Cases; México; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Pomona
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/13a75e994a764c809c8134f55e68d933

A leptospirosis clinical-epidemiological study was made in humans and reservoirs in the state of Yucatán, México. Interviews and serological analyses were made on 400 persons from an open population, 439 probable cases of leptospirosis and 1060 animal reservoirs (cows, pigs, dogs, rats and opossums)...