Predicting the presence of leptospires in rodents from environmental indicators opens up opportunities for environmental monitoring of human leptospirosis

• Main Authors: Biscornet, L., Revillion, C., /Jego, Sylvaine, Lagadec, E., Gomard, Y., Le Minter, G., Rocamora, G., Guernier-Cambert, V., Melade, J., Dellagi, K., Tortosa, P., /Herbreteau, Vincent
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: leptospirosis; rodents; Rattus rattus; Rattus norvegicus; spatial analysis; remote sensing; landscape metrics; satellite; ecology
• Online Access: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080650

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...