1. Human leptospirosis: an emerging risk in Europe?
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Dupouey J, Faucher B, Edouard S, Richet H, Kodjo A, Drancourt M, and Davoust B
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- Age Factors, Animals, Disease Reservoirs, Epidemiological Monitoring, Europe epidemiology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Leptospirosis microbiology, Male, Risk Factors, Leptospira physiology, Leptospirosis epidemiology, Leptospirosis transmission, Rodentia microbiology
- Abstract
Leptospirosis has been reemerging in both developed and developing countries including Europe, where, this phenomenon has notably been associated with urban transmission. However, the comprehensive data that are needed to fully understand the ongoing epidemiological trends are lacking. In this article, we report surveillance data from throughout Europe, especially in France, to have an overview of this neglected disease in temperate countries. Our results underline the important role of wild rodents as reservoir of leptospirosis, and highlight the potential danger of a reemergence of this under-reported infectious disease in European cities, associated with the important expansion of the rat population in urban areas., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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