Underestimation of Leptospirosis Incidence in the French West Indies

Sylvie Cassadou; Jacques Rosine; Claude Flamand; Martina Escher; Martine Ledrans; Pascale Bourhy; Mathieu Picardeau; Philippe Quénel

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004668

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Underestimation of Leptospirosis Incidence in the French West Indies

Sylvie Cassadou ^{1, *} Jacques Rosine ¹ Claude Flamand ¹ Martina Escher ¹ Martine Ledrans ¹ Pascale Bourhy ^{2, 3, 4} Mathieu Picardeau ^{2, 3, 4} Philippe Quénel ^{5, 6}

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1 CIRE Antilles-Guyane - Gourbeyre

2 Centre Collaborateur FAO/OMS pour l'épidémiologie de la leptospirose

3 CNR - Centre National de Référence de la Leptospirose - National Reference Center Leptospirosis

4 Biologie des Spirochètes / Biology of Spirochetes

5 CIRE Antilles-Guyane - Fort de France

6 EHESP - École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP]

Abstract : Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonosis affecting mainly tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, particularly South America and the Caribbean. As in many other countries, under-reporting of cases was suspected in the French West Indies because of inadequate access to diagnostic tests for the general population.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Microbiology and Parasitology

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