Leptospirosis in an urban setting: cases diagnosed at a private medical center of Western Colombia, 2008-2012(†).
CONCLUSION: Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease that has changed from an occupational disease of veterinarians, farmers, butchers, and other animal handlers to a cause of epidemics in poor and decayed urban communities in developing countries, including those in Latin America such as Colombia.
PMID: 25873099 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov Source Type: research
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