Leptospirosis in humans

DA Haake, PN Levett - Leptospira and leptospirosis, 2015 - Springer
Leptospirosis is a widespread and potentially fatal zoonosis that is endemic in many tropical
regions and causes large epidemics after heavy rainfall and flooding. Infection results from …

[HTML][HTML] Leptospiral infection, pathogenesis and its diagnosis—A review

AV Samrot, TC Sean, KS Bhavya, CS Sahithya… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a perplexing conundrum for many. In the existing literature, the
pathophysiological mechanisms pertaining to leptospirosis is still not understood in full …

Actionable diagnosis of neuroleptospirosis by next-generation sequencing

MR Wilson, SN Naccache, E Samayoa… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
A 14-year-old boy with severe combined immunodeficiency presented three times to a
medical facility over a period of 4 months with fever and headache that progressed to …

2010 ACVIM small animal consensus statement on leptospirosis: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention

JE Sykes, K Hartmann, KF Lunn… - Journal of veterinary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This report offers a consensus opinion on the diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and
prevention of leptospirosis in dogs, an important zoonosis. Clinical signs of leptospirosis in …

Leptospira as an Emerging Pathogen: A Review of its Biology, Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses

KV Evangelista, J Coburn - Future microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonosis in the world, is an emerging public health
problem, particularly in large urban centers of developing countries. Several pathogenic …

Leptospirosis: Increasing importance in developing countries

ZMP Soo, NA Khan, R Siddiqui - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the pathogenic helical spirochetes,
Leptospira. Symptoms include sudden-onset fever, severe headaches, muscle pain, nausea …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic literature review of leptospirosis outbreaks worldwide, 1970–2012

C Munoz-Zanzi, E Groene… - … de Salud Pública, 2020 - SciELO Public Health
Objective. This review describes the geographic and temporal distribution of, detection
methods for, and other epidemiological features of published leptospirosis outbreaks, with …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Leptospirosis: public health perspectives

MA Guerra - Biologicals, 2013 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis, caused by a spirochete of genus Leptospira, is considered the most
widespread zoonosis in the world. It has a global distribution with a higher incidence in the …

Critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of environmental cycling and transmission of Leptospira spp

V Barragan, S Olivas, P Keim… - Applied and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Exposure to soil or water contaminated with the urine of Leptospira-infected animals is the
most common way in which humans contract leptospirosis. Entire populations can be at high …