Outbreak of leptospirosis in New Caledonia: diagnosis issues and burden of disease.
Trop Med Int Health
; 14(8): 926-9, 2009 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19552660
ABSTRACT
A leptospirosis epidemic affected New Caledonia during the first semester of 2008. A total of 135 cases were diagnosed with a relatively low fatality rate of 3.7%. Heavy rainfalls, related to La Niña, favoured this epidemic. The PCR, routinely used, confirmed 54% of the cases, and the microagglutination test 56%. Epidemiological and economical data on this epidemic are presented and discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Leptospirose
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article