Role of diagnostics in epidemiology, management, surveillance, and control of leptospirosis

JE Sykes, KL Reagan, JE Nally, RL Galloway… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
A One Health approach to the epidemiology, management, surveillance, and control of
leptospirosis relies on accessible and accurate diagnostics that can be applied to humans …

Leptospirosis and the environment: A review and future directions

EA Bradley, G Lockaby - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of global importance with significant morbidity and
mortality. However, the disease is frequently overlooked and underdiagnosed, leading to …

Leptospira Is an Environmental Bacterium That Grows in Waterlogged Soil

Y Yanagihara, SYAM Villanueva, N Nomura… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with pathogenic leptospires.
Consistent with recent studies by other groups, leptospires were isolated from 89 out of 110 …

Basic aspects and epidemiological studies on leptospirosis carried out in animals in Chile: A bibliographic review

L Azócar-Aedo - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis worldwide. This disease affects numerous animal
species, some of them are classified as “maintenance hosts”, and others are categorized as …

Global distribution of Leptospira serovar isolations and detections from animal host species: A systematic review and online database

NN Hagedoorn, MJ Maze, M Carugati… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Leptospira, the spirochaete causing leptospirosis, can be classified into> 250
antigenically distinct serovars. Although knowledge of the animal host species and …

Current treatment options for leptospirosis: a mini-review

P Petakh, P Behzadi, V Oksenych… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Leptospirosis, one of the most common global zoonotic infections, significantly impacts
global human health, infecting more than a million people and causing approximately …

Environmental and occupational factors associated with leptospirosis: A systematic review

M Baharom, N Ahmad, R Hod, MH Ja'afar, FS Arsad… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Background Leptospirosis is a neglected emerging zoonotic disease with a profound public
health impact worldwide with higher burden of disease in resource-poor countries. The …

Leptospira sp. infection in bats: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

SB Esteves, NC Gaeta, JMN Batista… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are the only flying mammalian animals and are distributed worldwide. Bats are well‐
known hosts of several zoonotic viruses and bacteria, including Leptospira sp. Here, we …

Pathogenic Leptospira are widespread in the urban wildlife of southern California

SK Helman, AFN Tokuyama, RO Mummah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world, is broadly understudied in
multi-host wildlife systems. Knowledge gaps regarding Leptospira circulation in wildlife …

Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects

N Philip, K Ahmed - Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2023 - Springer
Among zoonotic infections, leptospirosis has a worldwide distribution and high prevalence
in tropical regions. It has a broad clinical presentation from mild to severe, life-threatening …