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Large-scale application of highly-diluted bacteria for Leptospirosis epidemic control

Gustavo Bracho, Enrique Varela, Rolando Lloga Fernández, Barbara Ordaz, Natalia Marzoa, Jorge Menéndez, Luis Garcı́a, Esperanza Gilling, R Arisbel Leyva, Reynaldo Rufín,

Homeopathy · 2010 · 91 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The homeoprophylactic approach was associated with a large reduction of disease incidence and control of the epidemic. The results suggest the use of HP as a feasible tool for epidemic control, further research is warranted.

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Epidemics after Natural Disasters

John T. Watson, Michelle Gayer, Máire A Connolly · Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 757 citations · Full text

Detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. through TaqMan polymerase chain reaction targeting the LipL32 gene

Robyn A. Stoddard, Jay E. Gee, Patricia P. Wilkins et al. · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease · 2009 · 540 citations

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Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums

Renato Barbosa Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Ridalva Dias Martins Felzemburgh et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2008 · 447 citations · Full text

Increase of leptospirosis in dengue-negative patients after a hurricane in Puerto Rico in 1996 [correction of 1966].

Eduard J. Sanders, José G. Rigau-Pérez, H. L. Smits et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1999 · 170 citations

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Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis and Risk Factor Analysis in Flood-prone Rural Areas in Lao PDR

Leo Kawaguchi, Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth, Reiko Tsuyuoka et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2008 · 120 citations

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