2022
Linking rattiness, geography and environmental degradation to spillover Leptospira infections in marginalised urban settings: An eco-epidemiological community-based cohort study in Brazil
Eyre MT, Souza FN, Carvalho-Pereira T, Nery N, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Sacramento GA, Khalil H, Wunder EA, Hacker KP, Hagan JE, Childs JE, Reis MG, Begon M, Diggle PJ, Ko AI, Giorgi E, Costa F. Linking rattiness, geography and environmental degradation to spillover Leptospira infections in marginalised urban settings: An eco-epidemiological community-based cohort study in Brazil. ELife 2022, 11: e73120. PMID: 36111781, PMCID: PMC9560157, DOI: 10.7554/elife.73120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsBrazilCohort StudiesEpidemiologic StudiesGeographyHumansLeptospirosisMalePoverty AreasRatsZoonosesConceptsInfection riskSignificant global public health burdenCommunity-based cohort studyGlobal public health burdenPublic health burdenAgents of leptospirosisExposure of interestYears of agePublic health interventionsHigh-risk communitiesJoint spatial modellingZoonotic spilloverCohort studyHuman infection riskMale genderSerological evidenceHealth burdenLeptospira infectionLeptospiral infectionInfection rateHealth interventionsEco-epidemiological studiesHealth surveillanceFundação de Amparo à PesquisaOswaldo Cruz Foundation
2004
Temporal dynamics of rabies in a wildlife host and the risk of cross-species transmission
GORDON E, CURNS A, KREBS J, RUPPRECHT C, REAL L, CHILDS J. Temporal dynamics of rabies in a wildlife host and the risk of cross-species transmission. Epidemiology And Infection 2004, 132: 515-524. PMID: 15188720, PMCID: PMC2870130, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268804002067.Peer-Reviewed Original Research