Leptospira Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Health Centre Patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda

Anou Dreyfus; Jonathan W. Dyal; Raewynne Pearson; Clovice Kankya; Charles Kajura; Lordrick Alinaitwe; Steven Kakooza; Katharine M. Pelican; Dominic A. Travis; Michael Mahero; David R. Boulware; Lawrence Mugisha

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004858

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Leptospira Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Health Centre Patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda

Anou Dreyfus ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anou Dreyfus, Jonathan W. Dyal

* E-mail: anoudreyfus@outlook.com

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jonathan W. Dyal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anou Dreyfus, Jonathan W. Dyal

Affiliation Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States of America
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Raewynne Pearson,

Affiliation Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Clovice Kankya,

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Charles Kajura,

Affiliation Hoima District Local Government, Hoima, Uganda
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Lordrick Alinaitwe,

Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Steven Kakooza,

Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Katharine M. Pelican,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
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Dominic A. Travis,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
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Michael Mahero,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
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David R. Boulware,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
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Lawrence Mugisha

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Conservation & Ecosystem Health Alliance (CEHA), Kampala, Uganda
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Leptospira Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Health Centre Patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda

Anou Dreyfus,
Jonathan W. Dyal,
Raewynne Pearson,
Clovice Kankya,
Charles Kajura,
Lordrick Alinaitwe,
Steven Kakooza,
Katharine M. Pelican,
Dominic A. Travis,
Michael Mahero

Published: August 3, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004858

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