About the Authors

Sylvie Cassadou

sylvie.cassadou@ars.sante.fr

Affiliation Interregional Epidemiology Unit for Antilles-Guyane, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris, France

Jacques Rosine

Affiliation Interregional Epidemiology Unit for Antilles-Guyane, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris, France

Claude Flamand

Current address: Epidemiology Unit of Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, Cayenne, France

Affiliation Interregional Epidemiology Unit for Antilles-Guyane, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris, France

Martina Escher

Affiliation Interregional Epidemiology Unit for Antilles-Guyane, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris, France

Martine Ledrans

Affiliation Interregional Epidemiology Unit for Antilles-Guyane, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Paris, France

Pascale Bourhy

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, "Biology of Spirochetes" unit, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for leptospirosis, Paris, France

Mathieu Picardeau

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, "Biology of Spirochetes" unit, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for leptospirosis, Paris, France

Philippe Quénel

Current address: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Laboratoire d’étude et de recherche en environnement et santé, Rennes, France

Affiliation French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Fort de France, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JR CF ME ML PB MP PQ. Performed the experiments: SC JR ME PB. Analyzed the data: SC JR CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB MP. Wrote the paper: SC JR CF ME ML PB MP PQ. Organized and strenghtened the partners network: PQ ML.