Leptospirosis-associated meningitis in an urban tropical endemic setting in northeastern Brazil: Three New cases and a meta-summary of 176 reported cases

• Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: luisarthurbrasilk@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases of Hospital das Clínicas and Laboratório de Investigação Médica – LIM 49, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São José Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Fortaleza, Brazil, Christus University Center (Unichristus), Fortaleza, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-9903

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• Osvaldo Mariano Viana Neto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Ednaldo Pereira Lima Sobrinho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Caroline Lucena de Almeida Vale,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Christus University Center (Unichristus), Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Geraldo Bezerra Silva Júnior,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Elizabeth de Francesco Daher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Glaura Fernandes Teixeira de Alcântara,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation São José Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Antônio Silva Lima Neto,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Health Department of the State of Ceará (SESA-CE), Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Tania Mara Silva Coelho,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Health Department of the State of Ceará (SESA-CE), Fortaleza, Brazil

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• Maura Salaroli de Oliveira,

  Roles Software, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases of Hospital das Clínicas and Laboratório de Investigação Médica – LIM 49, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Lauro Vieira Perdigão Neto

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases of Hospital das Clínicas and Laboratório de Investigação Médica – LIM 49, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

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