Predicting the Presence of Leptospires in Rodents from Environmental Indicators Opens Up Opportunities for Environmental Monitoring of Human Leptospirosis

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Leon Biscornet, Christophe Révillion, Sylvaine Jégo, Erwan Lagadec, Yann Gomard, Gildas Le Minter, Gérard Rocamora, Vanina Guernier-Cambert, Julien Mélade, Koussay Dellagi, Pablo Tortosa, Vincent Herbreteau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: leptospirosis; rodents; Rattus rattus; Rattus norvegicus; spatial analysis; remote sensing; Science; Q; Main Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020325; https://doaj.org/article/d6dd7c1ed2324838bf06b4a7c7ba4a18

Leptospirosis, an environmental infectious disease of bacterial origin, is the infectious disease with the highest associated mortality in Seychelles. In small island territories, the occurrence of the disease is spatially heterogeneous and a better understanding of the environmental factors that co...