Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study
Warnasekara J, Aberathna P, Nanayakkara G, Vinetz J, Agampodi S. Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research 2021, 9: 1129. PMID: 34123371, PMCID: PMC8145224, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient departmentOPD patientsAmbulatory patientsDisease burdenPrimary care centersProvincial General HospitalCases of leptospirosisCross-sectional studyDisease burden assessmentMicroscopic agglutination testPublic health implicationsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionOPD settingRegional Public HospitalOPD visitsLeptospirosis patientsFever patientsPatient numbersHospital inpatientsPolymerase chain reactionCare centerGeneral HospitalBurden assessmentPatientsSame period