Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: a prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira for which rats are considered as the main reservoir. Disease incidence is higher in tropical countries, especially in insular ecosystems. Our objectives were to determine the current burden of leptospirosis in Seychell...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: L Biscornet, K Dellagi, F Pagès, J Bibi, J de Comarmond, J Mélade, G Govinden, M Tirant, Y Gomard, V Guernier, E Lagadec, J Mélanie, G Rocamora, G Le Minter, J Jaubert, P Mavingui, P Tortosa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Cost of Illness
Disease Reservoirs
Disease Transmission
Infectious
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Incidence
Leptospira interrogans
Leptospirosis
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Rats
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Seychelles
Young Adult
Zoonoses
3202 Clinical sciences
4202 Epidemiology
Main Island
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30108624
https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Human_leptospirosis_in_Seychelles_a_prospective_study_confirms_the_heavy_burden_of_the_disease_but_suggests_that_rats_are_not_the_main_reservoir/20805016

Similar Items