An outbreak of leptospirosis in Lezhi County, China in 2010 may possibly be linked to rainfall.

Author: Ya Lin WANG ¹ ; Jin Hong QIN ¹ ; Cui Cai ZHANG ² ; Xiao Kui GUO ¹ ; Xiu Gao JIANG ² ; Ping HE ¹
Author Information

1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Institutes of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
2. National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Letter
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; China; epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Humans; Leptospirosis; epidemiology; mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Rain; Time Factors; Young Adult
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2014;27(1):56-59
CountryChina
Language:English