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Leptospirosis: clinical aspects.

Senaka Rajapakse1.   

Abstract

Leptospirosis is one of the most important zoonotic bacterial diseases worldwide, commonly affecting resource-poor populations and resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. This article provides an overview of the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of human leptospirosis. © Royal College of Physicians 2022. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Leptospira; acute febrile illness; jaundice; leptospirosis; pulmonary haemorrhage

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Year:  2022        PMID： 35078790      PMCID： PMC8813018          DOI： 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0784

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Med (Lond)        ISSN： 1470-2118            Impact factor:   2.659


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Authors:  Karen V Evangelista; Jenifer Coburn
Journal:  Future Microbiol       Date:  2010-09       Impact factor: 3.165

Review 3.  Atypical manifestations of leptospirosis.

Authors:  Senaka Rajapakse; Chaturaka Rodrigo; Krishan Balaji; Sumadhya Deepika Fernando
Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2015-03-25       Impact factor: 2.184

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Authors:  David A Haake; Paul N Levett
Journal:  Curr Top Microbiol Immunol       Date:  2015       Impact factor: 4.291

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Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  1998-11       Impact factor: 5.226

Review 7.  Leptospira and leptospirosis.

Authors:  Ben Adler; Alejandro de la Peña Moctezuma
Journal:  Vet Microbiol       Date:  2009-03-13       Impact factor: 3.293

8.  Outbreak of leptospirosis after white-water rafting: sign of a shift from rural to recreational leptospirosis in Sri Lanka?

Authors:  S B Agampodi; D Karunarathna; N Jayathilala; H Rathnayaka; T C Agampodi; L Karunanayaka
Journal:  Epidemiol Infect       Date:  2013-06-26       Impact factor: 4.434

Review 9.  Current immunological and molecular tools for leptospirosis: diagnostics, vaccine design, and biomarkers for predicting severity.

Authors:  Senaka Rajapakse; Chaturaka Rodrigo; Shiroma M Handunnetti; Sumadhya Deepika Fernando
Journal:  Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob       Date:  2015-01-16       Impact factor: 3.944

10.  Prospective study of leptospirosis transmission in an urban slum community: role of poor environment in repeated exposures to the Leptospira agent.

Authors:  Ridalva D M Felzemburgh; Guilherme S Ribeiro; Federico Costa; Renato B Reis; José E Hagan; Astrid X T O Melendez; Deborah Fraga; Francisco S Santana; Sharif Mohr; Balbino L dos Santos; Adriano Q Silva; Andréia C Santos; Romy R Ravines; Wagner S Tassinari; Marília S Carvalho; Mitermayer G Reis; Albert I Ko
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2014-05-29
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