2021
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 periodNext-Generation Sequencing Analysis of Pathogenic Leptospira: A Way Forward for Understanding Infectious Disease Dynamics in Low/Middle-Income, Disease-Endemic Settings.
Agampodi SB, Vinetz JM. Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis of Pathogenic Leptospira: A Way Forward for Understanding Infectious Disease Dynamics in Low/Middle-Income, Disease-Endemic Settings. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 104: 1625-1627. PMID: 33755589, PMCID: PMC8103479, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1518.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
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 2020, 9: 1129. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutpatient departmentDisease burden assessmentOPD patientsAmbulatory patientsBurden assessmentPrimary care centersProvincial General HospitalCases of leptospirosisCross-sectional studyPrevalence of leptospirosisMicroscopic agglutination testPublic health implicationsDisease burden estimationQuantitative polymerase chain reactionOPD settingRegional Public HospitalOPD visitsTreatable diagnosisLeptospirosis patientsFever patientsPatient numbersHospital inpatientsDisease burdenPolymerase chain reactionCare center