High incidence of leptospirosis in an observational study of hospital outpatients in Vanuatu highlights the need for improved awareness and diagnostic capacities

• Junior George Pakoa,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine PMB 9013, Vila Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Port Vila, Vanuatu

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• Marie-Estelle Soupé-Gilbert,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur International Network, Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Leptospirosis Research and Expertise Unit, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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• Dominique Girault,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur International Network, Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Leptospirosis Research and Expertise Unit, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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• Dexter Takau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine PMB 9013, Vila Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Port Vila, Vanuatu

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• Justina Gaviga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine PMB 9013, Vila Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Port Vila, Vanuatu

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• Ann-Claire Gourinat,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut Pasteur International Network, Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Serology and Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia, Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Medical Biology Laboratory, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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• Arnaud Tarantola,

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

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur International Network, Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Medical Epidemiology Research Unit, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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• Cyrille Goarant

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

  * E-mail: cgoarant@pasteur.nc

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur International Network, Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Leptospirosis Research and Expertise Unit, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0690-9464

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