The variable presence of Leptospira in the environment; an epidemiological explanation based on serial analysis of water samples

Janith Warnasekara; Shalka Srimantha; Indika Senavirathna; Chamila Kappagoda; Nirmani Farika; Achala Nawinna; Suneth Agampodi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263719

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The variable presence of Leptospira in the environment; an epidemiological explanation based on serial analysis of water samples

Janith Warnasekara,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-6851

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Shalka Srimantha,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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Indika Senavirathna,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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Chamila Kappagoda,

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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Nirmani Farika,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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Achala Nawinna,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
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Suneth Agampodi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sunethagampodi@yahoo.com

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-1774

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The variable presence of Leptospira in the environment; an epidemiological explanation based on serial analysis of water samples

Janith Warnasekara,
Shalka Srimantha,
Indika Senavirathna,
Chamila Kappagoda,
Nirmani Farika,
Achala Nawinna,
Suneth Agampodi

Published: February 15, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263719

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