Estimating acute human leptospirosis incidence in northern Tanzania using sentinel site and community behavioural surveillance

This study sought to combine sentinel surveillance with community behavioural surveillance to estimate leptospirosis incidence

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
5 June 2020
Country:
Tanzania
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Agriculture
Authors:
Maze, M, Sharples, K, Allan, K, Biggs, H

Abstract

Many infectious diseases lack robust estimates of incidence from endemic areas, and extrapolating incidence when there are few locations with data remains a major challenge in burden of disease estimation. We sought to combine sentinel surveillance with community behavioural surveillance to estimate leptospirosis incidence.

This is a publication arising from the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme.

Citation

Maze M, Sharples K, Allan K, Biggs H, Cash-Goldwasser S, Galloway R, de Glanville W, Halliday J, Kazwala R, Kibona T, Mmbaga B, Maro V, Rubach M, Cleaveland S, Crump J (2020). Estimating acute human leptospirosis incidence in northern Tanzania using sentinel site and community behavioural surveillance. Zoonoses Public Health. 67:496-505.

Estimating acute human leptospirosis incidence in northern Tanzania using sentinel site and community behavioural surveillance

Published 5 June 2020
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