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The correlation between local weather and leptospirosis incidence in Kandy district, Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2015

Global Health Action, 2019
Background: Leptospirosis is an important public health problem in Sri Lanka. Most people become infected by contact with leptospires in soil and in surface water.
N. D. B. Ehelepola, Kusalika Ariyaratne, Wasantha P. Dissanayake   +2 more
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Fatal leptospirosis and chikungunya co-infection: Do not forget leptospirosis during chikungunya outbreaks

IDCases, 2016
In endemic areas, leptospirosis can be missed by erroneous clinical or laboratory diagnosis of arboviroses or co-infections with arboviruses and an increase in mortality due to leptospirosis has already been reported during arboviruses outbreaks.
Tu-Xuan Nhan, Eric Bonnieux, Clarisse Rovery, Jean-Jacques De Pina, Didier Musso   +4 more
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Leptospirosis vaccination in dogs attending UK primary care practices: vaccine uptake and factors associated with administration

BMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that is found globally and affects most mammalian species. Vaccination of dogs against leptospirosis is an important approach to preventing clinical disease, or reducing disease severity, as well as reducing
Collette Taylor, Dan G. O’Neill, Brian Catchpole, Dave C. Brodbelt   +3 more
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FactSheet: Leptospirosis [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2003
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease of humans and animals. It is caused by leptospira bacteria that are found in infected animal urine and animal tissues.
openaire   +2 more sources

Association between footwear use and neglected tropical diseases : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has primarily focused on preventive chemotherapy and case management. Less attention has been placed on the role of ensuring access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene and personal ...
Brooker Simon J., Khizar Rafique (659569), Knopp, S., Sara Tomczyk (177762), Rafique, Khizar, Utzinger, Jürg, Simon J. Brooker, Deribe, K., Deribe Kebede, Rafique Khizar, Stefanie Knopp, Utzinger Jürg, Sara Tomczyk, Deribe, Kebede, Simon J. Brooker (139017), Kebede Deribe, Tomczyk, Sara, Jürg Utzinger, Hannah Clark (659568), Clark Hannah, Davey, G., Davey Gail, Kebede Kassaye (4465078), Simon J Brooker, Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Gail Davey (4462069), Brooker, Simon J, Brooker, S. J., Clark, H., Stefanie Knopp (108848), Tomczyk, S., Clark, Hannah, Tomczyk Sara, Simon J Brooker (16181729), Kebede Deribe (95495), Rafique, K., Gail Davey (155158), Knopp, Stefanie, Gail Davey, Khizar Rafique, Knopp Stefanie, Hannah Clark, Davey, Gail, Clark H, Knopp S, Davey G, Rafique K, Tomczyk S, Utzinger J, Brooker SJ, Deribe K   +51 more
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Wildlife management in the United States – thoughts on evolving to better address species overabundance and disease transmission

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Management options and actions are important for responsibly working to keep populations of sometimes overabundant species of invasive and native wildlife at levels that keep damage (e.g., agricultural, environmental, human health and safety) and disease (e.g., species specific, shared with livestock, zoonotic) associated with them at acceptable levels.
Kurt C. VerCauteren
wiley   +1 more source

Confirmación por laboratorio de leptospirosis: laboratory confirmation

Acta Médica Costarricense, 2008
Se presenta el caso de un joven de quince años de edad que consulta a un hospital privado por enfermedad febril aguda de origen desconocido, asociada a elevación discreta de transaminasas y otras alteraciones inespecíficas de los exámenes de laboratorio.
María De los Ángeles Valverde-Jiménez, Roberto Brenes-Esquivel, Jorge Sequeiro-Soto   +2 more
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Leptospira interrogans biofilm transcriptome highlights adaption to starvation and general stress while maintaining virulence

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Life-threatening Leptospira interrogans navigate a dual existence: surviving in the environment and infecting mammalian hosts. Biofilm formation is presumably an important survival strategy to achieve this process.
Grégoire Davignon, Natalia Pietrosemoli, Nadia Benaroudj, Marie-Estelle Soupé-Gilbert, Julie Cagliero, Élodie Turc, Mathieu Picardeau, Linda Guentas, Cyrille Goarant, Roman Thibeaux   +9 more
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The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in leptospirosis: a systematic review.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundLeptospirosis is an endemo-epidemic zoonotic disease associated with potentially fatal renal, cardiovascular or pulmonary failure. Recommended treatment includes antibiotics, which may induce a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR).
Gilles Guerrier, Eric D'Ortenzio
doaj   +1 more source

Clinicolaboratory profile of leptospirosis: Observations from a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2020
BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by spirochete Leptospira interrogans. It is one of the notifiable diseases. It is under-reported and under-diagnosed in tropical countries, including India. AIM: The aim of this study is to
Thomas George, Michael L J. Pais, Mohammed Adnan, Romith Pereira, Ramakrishna Pai Jakribettu, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga   +5 more
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