Leptospirosis renal disease: emerging culprit of chronic kidney disease unknown etiology

CW Yang - Nephron, 2018 - karger.com
Leptospirosis is the most prevalent zoonosis affecting more than 1 million populations
worldwide. Interestingly, leptospirosis endemic regions coincide with chronic kidney disease …

Impact of wars and natural disasters on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

S Topluoglu, A Taylan-Ozkan, E Alp - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases (REIDs)
constitute significant health problems and are becoming of major importance. Up to 75% of …

Quantification of Leptospira interrogans survival in soil and water microcosms

A Casanovas-Massana, GG Pedra… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Leptospira interrogans is the etiological agent of leptospirosis, a globally distributed
zoonotic disease. Human infection usually occurs through skin exposure with water and soil …

Risk factors for human leptospirosis following flooding: A meta-analysis of observational studies

C Naing, SA Reid, SN Aye, NH Htet, S Ambu - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Leptospirosis is probably the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world especially in
tropical countries. There has been an increase in individual studies, which assessed the …

[HTML][HTML] Leptospirosis outbreak after the 2014 major flooding event in Kelantan, Malaysia: a spatial-temporal analysis

MFM Radi, JH Hashim, MH Jaafar, R Hod… - The American journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe floods increase the risk of leptospirosis outbreaks in endemic areas. This study
determines the spatial-temporal distribution of leptospirosis in relation to environmental …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of pathogenic Leptospira in surface waters from the urban slum environment

A Casanovas-Massana, F Costa, IN Riediger, M Cunha… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis has emerged as an important urban health problem as slum settlements have
expanded worldwide. Yet the dynamics of the environmentally transmitted Leptospira …

Optimizing the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) panel for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis in a low resource, hyper-endemic setting with varied microgeographic …

D Jayasundara, C Gamage… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the standard serological reference test for the
diagnosis of leptospirosis, despite being a technically demanding and laborious procedure …

Rainfall-driven resuspension of pathogenic Leptospira in a leptospirosis hotspot

R Thibeaux, P Genthon, R Govan… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by Leptospira bacteria present in the urine of mammals.
Leptospira is able to survive in soils and can be resuspended during rain events. Here, we …

Advances and challenges in barcoding pathogenic and environmental Leptospira

V Guernier, KJ Allan, C Goarant - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease of global importance. A large spectrum of
asymptomatic animal hosts can carry the infection and contribute to the burden of human …

Leptospira and leptospirosis in China

W Hu, J Yan - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Leptospira and leptospirosis in China : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Leptospira and
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