Human leptospirosis: An emerging risk in Europe?

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 77-83

  Dupouey, Julien ^a   Faucher, Benoît ^b   Edouard, Sophie ^c   Richet, Hervé ^a,c   Kodjo, Angeli ^d   Drancourt, Michel ^a,c   Davoust, Bernard ^c,e  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^e Groupe de Travail en Épidémiologie Animale du Service Santé des Armées   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Europe; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Rodents transmission; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RODENT; URBAN AREA; WILD ANIMAL;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RODENTS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84896715172     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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