Using Death Certificate Reports to Find Severe Leptospirosis Cases, Brazil
Open Access
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (10) , 1560-1561
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1310.070150
Abstract
Severe leptospirosis with pulmonary hemorrhage is emerging globally. Measures to control leptospirosis through sanitation depend on accurate case finding and reporting. Rapid death certificate reporting, plus necropsy of persons who died of leptospirosis, facilitates public health intervention and could provide an important tool in assessing the global burden of leptospirosis.Keywords
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