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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 3(14), p. 505-508, 2008

DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.071064

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Leptospirosis-associated Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Syndrome, Salvador, Brazil

Journal article published in 2008 by Edilane L. Gouveia, John Metcalfe, Ana Luiza F. de Carvalho, Talita S. F. Aires, José Caetano Villasboas-Bisneto, Adriano Queirroz, Andréia C. Santos, Kátia Salgado, Mitermayer G. Reis ORCID, Albert I. Ko
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Abstract

We report the emergence of leptospirosis-associated severe pulmonary hemorrhagic syndrome (SPHS) in slum communities in Salvador, Brazil. Although active surveillance did not identify SPHS before 2003, 47 cases were identified from 2003 through 2005; the case-fatality rate was 74%. By 2005, SPHS caused 55% of the deaths due to leptospirosis.