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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3038
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RODRIGUEZ ALONSO, Beatriz; GOMEZ DE HAZ, Héctor José; PEREZ MAZA, Benito y CRUZ DE LA PAZ, Raúl. Algunos aspectos clinicoepidemiológicos en fallecidos por leptospirosis humana en Ciudad de La Habana. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2001, vol.17, n.1, pp. 21-26. ISSN 1561-3038.
A descriptive restrospective study was conducted in 9 clinical and surgical hospitals of Havana City. The medical histories of the dead due to human leptospirosis from 1992 to 1997 were reviewed. The studied variables were: age, sex, source of infection, type of contact, season of the year, the most frequent symptoms and signs and associated diseases. The predominance of male dead individuals over 50 was among the main results. The main source of infection was pig breeding. All those who died had fever and myalgias in the lower limbs
Palabras clave : LEPSTOSPIROSIS [epidemiology]; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; ADULT.