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Revista de Salud Animal
versión impresa ISSN 0253-570X
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FABRE, Y et al. THE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN HUMAN AND ANIMALS POPULATION FROM MUNICIPALITIES OF HAVANA FROM 1987 - 2006. Rev Salud Anim. [online]. 2010, vol.32, n.3, pp. 180-187. ISSN 0253-570X.
The present work was carried out in Havana municipalities, with the objective of characterizing the situation of the leptospirosis in the Human and animal population. The files were revised in the Municipal and Provincial Addresses of the Institute of Municipal Veterinary Medicine and their diagnostic net, as well as the Services of Public Health of identical level. Were determined the reports of leptospirosis cases in the human and animal population from 1993 to 2006 in eight Havana municipalities. It was calculated the percentage value, the relative frequency and the prevalencia of the illness per reports numbers of cases for the population (human and animal), years, species, areas (rural and urban) and the Leptospira serovar involved. The biggest prevalencia in the illness presented it the animal population. The obtained results reveal their utility as a retrospective study that contributes to the knowledge of the indicators related with the analysis of necessary risks for the planning of reduction actions of only sanitary disasters.
Palabras clave : Leptospirosis; prevalence; zoonosis.