Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?

CL Lau, LD Smythe, SB Craig… - Transactions of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Flooding and heavy rainfall have been associated with numerous outbreaks of leptospirosis
around the world. With global climate change, extreme weather events such as cyclones …

[HTML][HTML] Leptospirosis in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical profile, treatment and outcomes

N Gupta, W Wilson, P Ravindra - Le Infezioni in Medicina, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Most cases of leptospirosis were reported from the coastal belt. A large percentage
of patients were identified as farmers, and exposure to rainfall was identified as an important …

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 …

Risk factors for human acute leptospirosis in northern Tanzania

MJ Maze, S Cash-Goldwasser… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Leptospirosis is a major cause of febrile illness in Africa but little is known about
risk factors for human infection. We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate risk …

Studying risk factors associated with human leptospirosis

R Kamath, S Swain, S Pattanshetty… - Journal of Global …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Leptospirosis is one of the most under diagnosed and underreported disease
in both developed and developing countries including India. It is established that …

Interactions between environment, wild animals and human leptospirosis

LS Ullmann, H Langoni - Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Leptospirosis, a worldwide distributed zoononis caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira
(antigenically classified into serovars), may be direct or indirectly transmitted through …

Mapping serogroup distribution and seroprevalence of leptospirosis in livestock of Assam, northeastern state of India: unveiling uncommon leptospira serogroups

KV Kumar, M Swathi, PP Bokade… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a significant zoonotic disease affecting livestock, leading to reproductive
issues and economic losses. Despite its endemic status in India, research has …

Risk factors for leptospirosis infection in humans and implications for public health intervention in Indonesia and the Asia-Pacific region

M Sakundarno, D Bertolatti, B Maycock… - Asia Pacific Journal …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Prevention and control of leptospirosis require an understanding of risk factors. This review
identifies risk factors associated with leptospirosis infection from countries in the Asia-Pacific …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention and control of leptospirosis in people and surveillance of the pathogenic Leptospira in rats and in surface water found at villages

J Jittimanee, J Wongbutdee - Journal of infection and public health, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Leptospirosis is a major public health problem in Thailand. This disease is
caused by a Leptospira infection. Leptospira is found in rats and other animals that can …

Occupational determinants of leptospirosis among urban service workers

A Atil, MS Jeffree, SS Syed Abdul Rahim… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study was carried out to determine the risk factors of leptospirosis infection among local
urban service workers in Sabah. This is a cross-sectional study involving 394 workers in …