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Epidemiological investigation of a human leptospirosis case reported in a suburban area near Marseille

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Abstract

Leptospirosis has been re-emerging in both developed and developing countries, including in Europe, where the phenomenon has notably been associated with urban transmission. In this work, we describe an epidemiological investigation that demonstrated a case of human infection due to peri-urban transmission of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae in southeastern France.

Keywords

Environmental exposure
Leptospira interrogans
leptospirosis
peri-urban transmission
rodent transmission
zoonoses

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Article published online: 4 February 2014