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An Unprecedented High Incidence of Leptospirosis in Futuna, South Pacific, 2004 - 2014, Evidenced by Retrospective Analysis of Surveillance Data.
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- Drivers of humanEpidemiology and infection · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
- Climate-driven models of leptospirosis dynamics in tropical islands from three oceanic basins.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- An Observational Study of Human Leptospirosis in Seychelles.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Observational
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- Leptospirosis in French Polynesia: 11 years of surveillance data, 2007-2017.New microbes and new infections · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of Human Leptospirosis in French Guiana (2007-2014): A Retrospective Study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- High incidence of leptospirosis in an observational study of hospital outpatients in Vanuatu highlights the need for improved awareness and diagnostic capacities.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Observational
- Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction Among Patients with Leptospirosis: Incidence and Risk Factors.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Leptospirosis: risk factors and management challenges in developing countries.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2016Review
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Abstract
Futuna is a small Polynesian island in the South Pacific with a population of 3,612 in 2013. The first human leptospirosis case was confirmed in 1997. Active surveillance started in 2004. Cases were confirmed by PCR or real time PCR, or by serology using MAT or a combination of IgM-ELISA and MAT. A retrospective analysis of surveillance data shows that the disease was endemic with a mean annual incidence of 844 cases per 100,000 over an 11-year period from 2004 to 2014. An epidemic peak as high as 1,945 cases per 100,000 occurred in 2008. Serogroup Australis was predominant until 2007, Icterohaemorrhagiae was dominant afterwards. Cluster analysis revealed different hot spots over time. Lifestyle habits, such as walking barefoot in irrigated taro fields or pig pens probably contributed to contamination from the swine and rodent reservoirs to humans. Severe forms were rare, and the case fatality rate was 0.5%. The medical community and general population were aware of leptospirosis and rapid treatment with amoxycillin was the main treatment, probably contributing to this low fatality rate.
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