ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2012
Similarities in Leptospira serogroup and species distribution in animals and humans in the Indian ocean island of Mayotte.
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- Biogeography of Leptospira in wild animal communities inhabiting the insular ecosystem of the western Indian Ocean islands and neighboring Africa.Emerging microbes & infections · 2018Article
- A road map for leptospirosis research and health policies based on country needs in Latin America.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
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- Investigation on predominant Leptospira serovars and its distribution in humans and livestock in Thailand, 2010-2015.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Population genetics, community of parasites, and resistance to rodenticides in an urban brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) population.PloS one · 2017Article
- Comparison of the Estimated Incidence of Acute Leptospirosis in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania between 2007-08 and 2012-14.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
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Abstract
Our objective was to identify local animal reservoirs of leptospirosis to explain the unusual features of Leptospira strains recently described among patients on the island of Mayotte. By means of a microscopic agglutination test using local clinical isolates, we found that 11.2% of black rats were seropositive to Leptospira, whereas 10.2% of flying foxes, 2% of lemurs, 93.1% of domestic dogs, and 87.5% of stray dogs were seropositive. As observed in humans, Mini was the main serogroup circulating in animals, whereas serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae was absent. Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction, we also showed that 29.8% of rats carried leptospires in their kidneys. The sequencing of 16S rRNA gene sequences of Leptospira found in black rat kidneys identified four genomospecies (Leptospira borgpetersenii, Leptospira interrogans, Leptospira kirschneri, and L. borgpetersenii group B), which established black rats as the major source of leptospirosis transmission to humans. The origins of such a genetic diversity in Leptospira strains are discussed.
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