Leptospirosis as a cause of fever associated with jaundice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Leptospirosis as a cause of fever associated with jaundice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

<h4>Background</h4>Fever with jaundice is a common symptom of some infectious diseases. In public health surveillance within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), yellow fever is the only recognized cause of fever with jaundice. However, only 5% of the surveillance cases are positi...

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Main Authors: Patrick Mukadi Kakoni, Yannick Munyeku Bazitama, Jean Raphael Nepomuceno, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Francois Kawhata Mawika, Gracia Kashitu Mujinga, Luigi Palla, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Nobuo Koizumi, Yoshinao Kubo, Koya Ariyoshi, Chris Smith
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f2487c2c4e1f4091ac2628fc9216d23c
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