Table 1.
Full search strategies for database searches (in alphabetical order).
Table 2.
Case definitions for study inclusion: Acute human leptospirosis and confirmed animal carrier hosts.
Fig 1.
Selection of eligible articles for study inclusion.
Fig 2.
Geographic distribution of acute human leptospirosis and confirmed animal Leptospira spp. infection in Africa.
Table 3.
Summary of eligible cohort and surveillance studies reporting human acute leptospirosis in Africa, 1930–2014.
Table 4.
Serogroups of Leptospira isolated from cases of acute human leptospirosis and animal carrier hosts by country.
Table 5.
Leptospira speciesa reported in acute human leptospirosis and animal carrier hosts by African country.