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Mixed Leptospira Infections in a Diverse Reservoir Host Community, Madagascar, 2013–2015

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We identified mixed infections of pathogenic Leptospira in small mammals across a landscape-scale study area in Madagascar by using primers targeting different Leptospira spp. Using targeted primers increased prevalence estimates and evidence for transmission between endemic and invasive hosts. Future studies should assess rodentborne transmission of Leptospira to humans.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.180035

Authors: Mark Moseley, Soanandrasana Rahelinirina, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Benoit Garin, Stuart Piertney, Sandra Telfer

Language: English

Topic: Leptospirosis research and findings

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Wellcome Trust, University of Aberdeen, Directorate for Biological Sciences, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Awards: East of Scotland Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership, G3468372981, G4134516304, Disease risk in Madagascar., G8515735710