Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in urban and rural areas of Brazil, 2000-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonosis in the world and Brazil has the highest number of cases in Latin America. Transmission occurs mainly through exposure to water and soil contaminated by the urine of infected animals. The goals of this study are to describe the geographic distribution, demographic characteristics and exposure factors of urban and rural cases of leptospirosis, and identify spatial clusters in urban and rural areas of Brazil.

Methods/results

A retrospective epidemiological study was carried out using 16 years (2000-2015) of surveillance data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Cases were described by age, sex and race, and exposure factors were characterized in urban and rural areas. A spatial autocorrelation analysis was conduc

SUBMITTER: Galan DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7932126 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature