Volume 8, Number 9—September 2002
Letter
Lethal Leptospiral Pulmonary Hemorrhage: An Emerging Disease in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Table
Clinical findings in human leptospirosis, Hospital F.J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, 1990–1999
| Year | Cases | Ja | N | M | P | H | IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 130 | 37 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 19 |
| 1991 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 1992 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 1994 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
aJ, jaundice; N, nephritis; M, meningitis; P, pneumonia; H, hemorrhages; IL, influenza-like
1Hayne’s Index (Hayne D. Two methods for estimating population from trapping records. J Mammal 1949;30:399–411.): relative abundance index = rodents/m2. In urban areas it does not represent the actual number of individual animals.
