TY - JOUR
T1 - Situación epidemiológica de la leptospirosis humana en Centroamérica, Suramérica y el Caribe
AU - Pulido-Villamarín, Adriana
AU - Carreño-Beltrán, Gustavo
AU - Mercado-Reyes, Marcela
AU - Ramírez-Bulla, Paola
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - To identify and describe the epidemiological status of human leptospirosis or Weil's disease, we searched scientific publications and reports issued by health control authorities from 2006 to 2013. Information extraction was done independently and the methodological quality of the articles was evaluated using a checklist created for that purpose. The country with the highest incidence of human leptospirosis was Trinidad & Tobago (22 cases per 100,000 people) and the highest percentage of cases occurred in Guyana (60%). In Colombia, the department with the highest percentage of cases was Antioquia (85.7%) and the highest incidence was in Cordoba (67.9%). Contact with animals is possibly the highest risk factor; its diagnosis is commonly accomplished using a microscopic agglutination test. The analyzed data presented various epidemiological aspects, making it difficult to merge the information. Only in some countries is the academic and governmental interest and awareness evident in the area of public health.
AB - To identify and describe the epidemiological status of human leptospirosis or Weil's disease, we searched scientific publications and reports issued by health control authorities from 2006 to 2013. Information extraction was done independently and the methodological quality of the articles was evaluated using a checklist created for that purpose. The country with the highest incidence of human leptospirosis was Trinidad & Tobago (22 cases per 100,000 people) and the highest percentage of cases occurred in Guyana (60%). In Colombia, the department with the highest percentage of cases was Antioquia (85.7%) and the highest incidence was in Cordoba (67.9%). Contact with animals is possibly the highest risk factor; its diagnosis is commonly accomplished using a microscopic agglutination test. The analyzed data presented various epidemiological aspects, making it difficult to merge the information. Only in some countries is the academic and governmental interest and awareness evident in the area of public health.
KW - Colombia
KW - Diagnosis
KW - Human leptospirosis
KW - Leptospira spp
KW - Prevalence
KW - Risk factor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930244695&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11144/Javeriana.SC19-3.selh
DO - 10.11144/Javeriana.SC19-3.selh
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84930244695
SN - 0122-7483
VL - 19
SP - 247
EP - 264
JO - Universitas Scientiarum
JF - Universitas Scientiarum
IS - 3
ER -