A cross-sectional study on infectious health risks regarding freshwater sports practice in Brittany, France

• Main Authors: Fanny Velardo (Author), Hanifa Bouziri (Author), Lucie Adélaïde (Author), Emma Oliosi (Author), Maylis Layan (Author), Alexandre Descamps (Author), Delphine Berthod (Author), Alan R. Patlán-Hernández (Author), Martine Ledrans (Author), Mathilde Pivette (Author), Mathilde Lefort (Author), Jonathan Roux (Author), Pascal Crépey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Freshwater sports expose practitioners to pathogens in the water environment and may result in infection. In French Brittany, these infections are particularly worrying, especially since 2016 with an increase in the incidence of leptospirosis reaching 1 case per 100,000 inhabitants, which represents...