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SUBMITTER: Massenet D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4631516 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Massenet Denis D Yvon Jean-François JF Couteaux Clément C Goarant Cyrille C
PloS one 20151103 11
Futuna is a small Polynesian island in the South Pacific with a population of 3,612 in 2013. The first human leptospirosis case was confirmed in 1997. Active surveillance started in 2004. Cases were confirmed by PCR or real time PCR, or by serology using MAT or a combination of IgM-ELISA and MAT. A retrospective analysis of surveillance data shows that the disease was endemic with a mean annual incidence of 844 cases per 100,000 over an 11-year period from 2004 to 2014. An epidemic peak as high ...[more]