Outbreak of leptospirosis in New Caledonia: diagnosis issues and burden of disease.

C. Goarant; S. Laumond-Barny; J. Perez; F. Vernel-Pauillac; S. Chanteau; A. Guigon

Outbreak of leptospirosis in New Caledonia: diagnosis issues and burden of disease.

C. Goarant ^{1, *} S. Laumond-Barny ² J. Perez ¹ F. Vernel-Pauillac ¹ S. Chanteau ¹ A. Guigon ¹

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1 Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie

Abstract : A leptospirosis epidemic affected New Caledonia during the first semester of 2008. A total of 135 cases were diagnosed with a relatively low fatality rate of 3.7%. Heavy rainfalls, related to La Niña, favoured this epidemic. The PCR, routinely used, confirmed 54% of the cases, and the microagglutination test 56%. Epidemiological and economical data on this epidemic are presented and discussed.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Human health and pathology / Infectious diseases

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