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Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross-sectional study

2021-05-10

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<h4>Background: </h4> In Sri Lanka, the disease burden of leptospirosis is estimated based on a routine notification system, which is predominated by patients ill enough to be hospitalized. The notification system does not function well with ambulatory patients in outpatient departments (OPDs). The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of leptospirosis in an OPD setting in a regional public hospi...

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DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.26202.2

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