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: Biscornet, Leon, Révillion, Christophe, Jégo, Sylvaine, Lagadec, Erwan, Gomard, Yann, Le Minter, Gildas, Rocamora, Gérard, Guernier-Cambert, Vanina, Mélade, Julien, Dellagi, Koussay, Tortosa, Pablo, Herbreteau, Vincent
• Other Authors: Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IRD-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Université de La Réunion (UR), Ministry of Health, Public Health Department, Victoria, Seychelles, UMR 228 Espace-Dev, Espace pour le développement, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Avignon Université (AU)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Université des Antilles (UA), University of Seychelles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: leptospirosis; rodents; Rattus rattus; Rattus norvegicus; spatial analysis; remote sensing; landscape metrics; satellite; ecology; [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases; Main Island
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03129657; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03129657/document; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03129657/file/remotesensing-13-00325.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020325

International audience 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 enviro...