ReviewVeterinary research2013
Leptospirosis in the western Indian Ocean islands: what is known so far?
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- Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for 'One Health' in Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Pooled it
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- The role of asymptomatic cattle for leptospirosis dynamics in a herd with imperfect vaccination.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Range Dynamics of Striped Field Mouse (Biology · 2023Article
- Clinical manifestations of human leptospirosis: bacteria matter.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Seroprevalence ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Study on causes of fever in primary healthcare center uncovers pathogens of public health concern in Madagascar.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Biogeography of Leptospira in wild animal communities inhabiting the insular ecosystem of the western Indian Ocean islands and neighboring Africa.Emerging microbes & infections · 2018Article
- Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Simultaneous detection of chikungunya virus, dengue virus and human pathogenic Leptospira genomes using a multiplex TaqMan® assay.BMC microbiology · 2017Article
- Four years into the Indian ocean field epidemiology training programme.The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
- Human Leptospirosis on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean: Are Rodents the (Only) Ones to Blame?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Use of a New High Resolution Melting Method for Genotyping Pathogenic Leptospira spp.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
In the past decade, leptospirosis has emerged as a major zoonosis with a worldwide distribution. The disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The western Indian Ocean includes more than one hundred tropical or subequatorial islands where leptospirosis constitutes a major public health problem. The clinical signs of the human disease are generally similar to an influenza-like syndrome, but acute forms of the disease are reported and mortality remains significant in this region. In animals, clinical forms are mainly asymptomatic but leptospirosis reduces the fertility of livestock, resulting in economic losses. The data available about human and animal leptospirosis in the western Indian Ocean islands are diverse: human leptospirosis has been extensively studied in Reunion Island, Mayotte, and the Seychelles, whereas the human clinical disease has never been described in Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, or Rodrigues, mainly because of the deficiency in appropriate medical and diagnostic structures. The rat is recognized as the major reservoir host for the bacteria on all islands, but recent data from Reunion Island indicates that almost all mammals can be a source of contamination. The incidence of leptospirosis in humans is highly seasonal, and linked to the rainy season, which is favorable for the environmental maintenance and transmission of the bacteria. The epidemiology of leptospirosis is fully island-dependent, related to the number of mammalian species, the origins of the introduced mammalian species, the relationships between humans and fauna, and environmental as well as cultural and socio-economic factors.
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