Open AccessLeptospirosis in Portugal: epidemiology from 1991 to 1997
Author(s) -
Falcao Jm,
Nogueira Pj,
Carlos Matias Dias,
Pimenta Zp
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.04.00063-en
Subject(s) - leptospirosis , leptospira interrogans , asymptomatic , epidemiology , leptospira , zoonotic disease , medicine , disease , virology , immunology , environmental health , pathology
The term leptospirosis describes a group of diseases caused by members of the order Spirochaetales, mainly the species Leptospira interrogans. Infection can be asymptomatic but disease of differing severity and clinical features (often suggestive of menin