Seasonality of Human Leptospirosis in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) and Its Association with Meteorological Data

Amélie Desvars; Sylvaine Jégo; Frédéric Chiroleu; Pascale Bourhy; Eric Cardinale; Alain Michault

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020377

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Seasonality of Human Leptospirosis in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) and Its Association with Meteorological Data

Amélie Desvars ,

* E-mail: amelie.desvars@cirad.fr

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes (UMR CMAEE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France, Centre Régional de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes de l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Parasitologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion (GHSR), Centre Hospitalier de La Réunion (CHR), Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Sylvaine Jégo,

Affiliation UMR Peuplement Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (PVBMT), CIRAD, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Frédéric Chiroleu,

Affiliation UMR Peuplement Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (PVBMT), CIRAD, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Pascale Bourhy,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Leptospiroses, Unité Postulante de Biologie des Spirochètes, Paris, France
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Eric Cardinale,

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes (UMR CMAEE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France, Centre Régional de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes de l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
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Alain Michault

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Parasitologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion (GHSR), Centre Hospitalier de La Réunion (CHR), Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Seasonality of Human Leptospirosis in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) and Its Association with Meteorological Data

Amélie Desvars,
Sylvaine Jégo,
Frédéric Chiroleu,
Pascale Bourhy,
Eric Cardinale,
Alain Michault

Published: May 31, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020377

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