Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for ‘One Health’ in Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Allan, Kathryn J ^a   Biggs, Holly M ^b   Halliday, Jo E B ^a   Kazwala, Rudovick R ^c   Maro, Venance P ^d,e   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Crump, John A ^b,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84943155362     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003899     Document Type: Article

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