Using death certificate reports to find severe leptospirosis cases, Brazil.
Severe leptospirosis with pulmonary hemorrhage is emerging globally. Measures to control leptospirosis through sanitation depend on accurate case finding and reporting. Rapid death certificate reporting, plus necropsy of persons who died of leptospirosis, facilitates public health intervention and could provide an important tool in assessing the global burden of leptospirosis.
Spichler
Anne
A
Health Municipality Secretariat of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Athanazio
Daniel
D
Buzzar
Marcia
M
Castro
Bronislawa
B
Chapolla
Erica
E
Seguro
Antonio
A
Vinetz
Joseph M
JM
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003644:Death Certificates; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology