ReviewRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2023
Prevalence of human leptospirosis in the Americas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Leptospirosis Seroprevalence in Humans and Livestock of East Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2000-2024).Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of the prevalence of environmental and host-related risk factors and the zoonotic potential of leptospirosis in domestic dogs in regions impacted by environmental changes.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of leptospirosis among soldiers: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Epidemiological and Environmental Risk Factors for Human Leptospirosis Cases in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (2000-2016): An Ecological Study.Zoonoses and public health · 2026Article
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- Sea surface temperature modulates El Niño and La Niña driven leptospirosis patterns: Evidence from causal machine learning in Colombia.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Leptospirosis outbreak in Ecuador in 2023: A pilot study for surveillance from a One Health perspective.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between the Spatial Occurrence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Molecular Characterization ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Chemokine profile in the serum of patients with leptospirosis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: To describe the prevalence of leptospirosis in the Americas. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis, in the period 1930 to 2017, performed on a search of six platforms: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs, Embase, and Cochrane. Results: The search found 77 publications of which 53 (68%) were from the period 2000-2017. Of the 77, 62 studies were included in the analysis, from North America (11, 17%), Central America (9, 14%), and South America (42, 67%), and 22 studies were from urban areas. Leptospirosis prevalence in the 62 studies analyzed corresponded to 28% (95% CI [23, 32]). Countries with higher prevalence were United States of America (41%), Colombia (29%), and Brazil (21%). The most frequent serovars found were Icterohaemorrhagiae (43 of 77 publications, 55%), Canicola (35, 45%), Pomona (28, 36%), and Grippotyphosa (26, 33%). Conclusions: There is variability of
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