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Native Hawaiian Practices for Leptospirosis Prevention and Risk Mitigation
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 31, Number 3, August 2020
- pp. 1323-1330
- 10.1353/hpu.2020.0097
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Abstract
Abstract:
This paper presents Native Hawaiian cultural practices of prevention and mitigation of leptospirosis. Indigenous cultural practices are described. Relatively high prevalence of leptospirosis is found in Hawai'i. Standard diagnosis and treatment are outlined. Theories are offered of how it was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands.
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