Seeking the environmental source of Leptospirosis reveals durable bacterial viability in river soils.

• Main Authors: Roman Thibeaux (Author), Sophie Geroult (Author), Claire Benezech (Author), Stéphane Chabaud (Author), Marie-Estelle (Author), Dominique Girault (Author), Emilie Bierque (Author), Cyrille Goarant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis is an important re-emerging infectious disease that affects humans worldwide. Infection occurs from indirect environment-mediated exposure to pathogenic leptospires through contaminated watered environments. The ability of pathogenic leptospires to persist in the aqueous env...