Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir

Leon Biscornet; Koussay Dellagi; Frédéric Pagès; Jastin Bibi; Jeanine de Comarmond; Julien Mélade; Graham Govinden; Maria Tirant; Yann Gomard; Vanina Guernier; Erwan Lagadec; Jimmy Mélanie; Gérard Rocamora; Gildas Le Minter; Julien Jaubert; Patrick Mavingui; Pablo Tortosa

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005831

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Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir

Leon Biscornet,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, Infectious Disease Surveillance Unit, Seychelles Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Mont Fleuri, Seychelles
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Koussay Dellagi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Institut Pasteur (Direction Internationale), Paris, France

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Frédéric Pagès,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Regional Office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Santé Publique France), Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
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Jastin Bibi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Epidemiology and Statistics Section, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Mont Fleuri, Seychelles
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Jeanine de Comarmond,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Epidemiology and Statistics Section, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Mont Fleuri, Seychelles
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Julien Mélade,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Graham Govinden,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Unit, Seychelles Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Mont Fleuri, Seychelles
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Maria Tirant,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Regional Office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Santé Publique France), Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
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Yann Gomard,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Vanina Guernier,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Erwan Lagadec,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France, CRVOI, Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste Clotilde, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Jimmy Mélanie,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Veterinary Services Section, Seychelles Agricultural Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Victoria, Seychelles
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Gérard Rocamora,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, University of Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles
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Gildas Le Minter,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Julien Jaubert,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Service de Bactériologie, Parasitologie, Virologie et Hygiène, Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (GHSR-CHU), Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Patrick Mavingui,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Pablo Tortosa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: pablo.tortosa@univ-reunion.fr

Affiliation Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT (Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical), CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7928-7264

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Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir

Leon Biscornet,
Koussay Dellagi,
Frédéric Pagès,
Jastin Bibi,
Jeanine de Comarmond,
Julien Mélade,
Graham Govinden,
Maria Tirant,
Yann Gomard,
Vanina Guernier

Published: August 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005831

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