Leptospirosis: A disease with global prevalence
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Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance.
In the past decade, leptospirosis has emerged as a globally important infectious disease. It occurs in urban environments of industrialised and developing countries, as well as in rural regions worldwide. Mortality remains significant, related both to delays in diagnosis due to lack of infrastructure and adequate clinical suspicion, and to other poorly understood reasons that may include inhere...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology & Experimentation
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2373-437X
DOI: 10.15406/jmen.2018.06.00218