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Rodrigues, Daniel A. Boakye, and Maria Yazdanbakhsh PMCID: PMC2291570 Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums Renato B. Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh, Francisco S. Santana, Sharif Mohr, Astrid X. T. O. Melendez, Adriano Queiroz, Andréia C. Santos, Romy R. Ravines, Wagner S. Tassinari, Marília S. Carvalho, Mitermayer G. Reis, and Albert I. Ko PMCID: PMC2292260 Associations between Active Trachoma and Community Intervention with Antibiotics, Facial Cleanliness, and Environmental Improvement (A,F,E) Jeremiah Ngondi, Fiona Matthews, Mark Reacher, Samson Baba, Carol Brayne, and Paul Emerson PMCID: PMC2321152 |
