Epidemiological investigation of a human leptospirosis case reported in a suburban area near Marseille
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Leptospirosis has been re-emerging in both developed and developing countries, including in Europe, where the phenomenon has notably been associated with urban transmission. In this work, we describe an epidemiological investigation that demonstrated a case of human infection due to peri-urban transmission of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae in southeastern France.
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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014