First report of human Leptospira santarosai infection in French Guiana

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution. In French Guiana, a French overseas department of South America, this bacterial infection is endemic with the increase of human cases since the last 5 years. Nevertheless, the epidemiological data on the circulating infecting strain re...

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Main Authors: Hatem Kallel, Pascale Bourhy, Claire Mayence, Stéphanie Houcke, Didier Hommel, Mathieu Picardeau, Valérie Caro, Séverine Matheus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120304330