| [outbreak of human leptospirosis after a flood in reconquista, santa fe, 1998]. | since april of 1998 a high number of leptospirosis cases were detected, coming from the area of reconquista central hospital in santa fe province. since january of that year a notable increase in rainfall and river levels was observed causing inundation. as screening test, macroscopic agglutination (mat) using 10 serotypes of l. interrogans. among the 122 patients studied 71 were tr positive and 52 were also elisa positive, leptospirosis diagnosis being confirmed in 40 of them. five infecting se ... | 2002 | 12415894 |
| [report on a leptospirosis outbreak in the city of santa fe, argentina, march-april 1998]. | in march-april 1998 in a neighborhood in the city of santa fe, argentina, there was an outbreak of an acute disease characterized by fever, headaches, and intense myalgias. this article presents the studies surrounding this outbreak and the attempts to identify the source and the mode of transmission. the epidemiological, serological, and clinical findings indicated that the causative agent was leptospira interrogans. as a screening test, macroscopic agglutination with heat-resistant antigen was ... | 2000 | 10715972 |