Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

Background Rat-borne leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in urban slum
settlements for which there are no adequate control measures. The challenge in elucidating …

Background Leptospirosis has emerged as an urban health problem as slum settlements
have rapidly spread worldwide and created conditions for rat-borne transmission …

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 …

O objetivo do presente artigo é analisar as discrepâncias e lacunas informacionais que
produzem uma versão duplamente negligenciada da leptospirose humana na política …

Background Leptospirosis is a global and re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by
Leptospira spirochetes that are shed into the environment by infected animals. Humans can …

Leptospirosis has emerged as an important urban health problem as slum settlements have
expanded worldwide. Yet the dynamics of the environmentally transmitted Leptospira …

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 …

Leptospirosis is a serious and potentially fatal zoonotic disease, but often neglected owing
to lack of awareness. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices …

Background Leptospirosis is among the leading zoonotic causes of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Knowledge about spatial patterns of diseases and their underlying processes …