Hydroclimatic drivers of highly seasonal leptospirosis incidence suggest prominent soil reservoir of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in rural western China.

• Main Authors: Karina Cucchi (Author), Runyou Liu (Author), Philip A Collender (Author), Qu Cheng (Author), Charles Li (Author), Christopher M Hoover (Author), Howard H Chang (Author), Song Liang (Author), Changhong Yang (Author), Justin V Remais (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Climate exerts complex influences on leptospirosis transmission, affecting human behavior, zoonotic host population dynamics, and survival of the pathogen in the environment. Here, we describe the spatiotemporal distribution of leptospirosis incidence reported to China's National Infectious Dis...