First report of human Leptospira santarosai infection in French Guiana

• Main Authors: Hatem Kallel (Author), Pascale Bourhy (Author), Claire Mayence (Author), Stéphanie Houcke (Author), Didier Hommel (Author), Mathieu Picardeau (Author), Valérie Caro (Author), Séverine Matheus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution. In French Guiana, a French overseas department of South America, this bacterial infection is endemic with the increase of human cases since the last 5 years. Nevertheless, the epidemiological data on the circulating infecting strain re...