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SUBMITTER: Khalil H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8041187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khalil Hussein H Santana Roberta R de Oliveira Daiana D Palma Fabiana F Lustosa Ricardo R Eyre Max T MT Carvalho-Pereira Ticiana T Reis Mitermayer G MG Ko Albert I AI Diggle Peter J PJ Alzate Lopez Yeimi Y Begon Mike M Costa Federico F
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20210331 3
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 four urban slums in Salvador, Brazil, to characterize how poverty and sanitation contribute to the transmission of rat-borne leptospirosis. Sero-prevalence in the 1,318 participants ranged between 10.0 and 13.3%. We found that contact with environmental sources of contamination, rather than presence of rat reservoirs, i ...[more]