ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
Urban leptospirosis in Africa: a cross-sectional survey of Leptospira infection in rodents in the Kibera urban settlement, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Epidemiology of human and animal leptospirosis in Kenya: A systematic review and meta-analysis of disease occurrence, serogroup diversity and risk factors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: a meta-analysis.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Pooled it
- 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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- Genetic Characterization and Zoonotic Potential ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Leptospirosis-Improving Healthcare Outcomes for a Neglected Tropical Disease.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Molecular detection and typing of pathogenicEpidemiology and infection · 2025Article
- Molecular and serological prevalence of Leptospira spp. among slaughtered cattle and associated risk factors in the Bahr El Ghazal region of South Sudan.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Molecular surveillance of zoonotic pathogens from wild rodents in the Republic of Korea.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Detection of Leptospira kirschneri in a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis delphis) stranded off the coast of southern California, USA.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- First Molecular Detection of PathogensTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Fine-scale prevalence and genetic diversity of urban small mammal-borne pathogenic Leptospira in Africa: A spatiotemporal survey within Cotonou, Benin.Zoonoses and public health · 2022Article
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- Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of leptospirosis in slaughter pigs; a neglected public health risk, western Kenya.BMC veterinary research · 2019Article
- Leptospira infection in rats: A literature review of global prevalence and distribution.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
- Prevalence of Leptospira Infection in Rodents from Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Successes and challenges of the One Health approach in Kenya over the last decade.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Molecular Detection ofEC microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Leptospirosis is a widespread but under-reported cause of morbidity and mortality. Global re-emergence of leptospirosis has been associated with the growth of informal urban settlements in which rodents are thought to be important reservoir hosts. Understanding the multi-host epidemiology of leptospirosis is essential to control and prevent disease. A cross-sectional survey of rodents in the Kibera settlement in Nairobi, Kenya was conducted in September-October 2008 to demonstrate the presence of pathogenic leptospires. A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that 41 (18.3%) of 224 rodents carried pathogenic leptospires in their kidneys, and sequence data identified Leptospira interrogans and L. kirschneri in this population. Rodents of the genus Mus (37 of 185) were significantly more likely to be positive than those of the genus Rattus (4 of 39; odds ratio = 15.03). Questionnaire data showed frequent contact between humans and rodents in Kibera. This study emphasizes the need to quantify the public health impacts of this neglected disease at this and other urban sites in Africa.
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