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The socio–demographic, environmental and reservoir factors associated with leptospirosis in an urban area of north–eastern Brazil

D. S. C. OliveiraLaboratório de Doenças Transmissíveis, Departamento de Parasitologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Avenida Moraes Rego, s/n, CEP 50670-420, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Secretaria de Saúde do Recife, Diretoria de Vigilância á Saúde, Rua Major Codiceira, 194, Santo Amaro, CEP 50100-070, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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M. J. B. GuimarãesSecretaria de Saúde do Recife, Diretoria de Vigilância á Saúde, Rua Major Codiceira, 194, Santo Amaro, CEP 50100-070, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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J. L. PortugalUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Engenharia Cartográfica, Rua Acadêmico Hélio Ramos, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740-530, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Z. MedeirosLaboratório de Doenças Transmissíveis, Departamento de Parasitologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Avenida Moraes Rego, s/n, CEP 50670-420, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Rua Arnóbio Marques, 310, Santo Amaro, CEP 50100-130, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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