About the Authors

Denis Massenet

Affiliation Agence de Santé des îles Wallis & Futuna, Laboratoire de biologie médicale/hôpital de SIA, BP 4G, 98 600 Mata'Utu, Wallis & Futuna

Jean-François Yvon

Affiliations Agence de Santé des îles Wallis & Futuna, Laboratoire de biologie médicale/hôpital de SIA, BP 4G, 98 600 Mata'Utu, Wallis & Futuna, Laboratoire de Ducos, BP 3931, 98846 Nouméa, New Caledonia

Clément Couteaux

Affiliation Agence de Santé des îles Wallis & Futuna, Laboratoire de biologie médicale/hôpital de SIA, BP 4G, 98 600 Mata'Utu, Wallis & Futuna

Cyrille Goarant

cgoarant@pasteur.nc

Affiliation Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia, Institut Pasteur International Network, Leptospirosis Research and Expertise Unit, 9–11 Avenue Paul Doumer, BP 61, 98 845 Noumea, New Caledonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM CG. Performed the experiments: DM CC CG. Analyzed the data: DM JFY CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM JFY CC CG. Wrote the paper: CG DM.