title: Using death certificate reports to find severe leptospirosis cases, Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Health Municipality Secretariat of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spichler
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Athanazio
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buzzar
authors.forename: Bronislawa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chapolla
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seguro
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vinetz
mesh_terms: 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