The correlation between three teleconnections and leptospirosis incidence in the Kandy District, Sri Lanka, 2004-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis. Leptospirosis incidence (LI) in Sri Lanka is high. Infected animals excrete leptospires into the environment via their urine. Survival of leptospires in the environment until they enter into a person and several other factors that influence leptospirosis transmission are dependent upon local weather. Past studies show that rainfall and other weather parameters are correlated with the LI in the Kandy district, Sri Lanka. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), ENSO Modoki, and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are teleconnections known to be modulating rainfall in Sri Lanka. There is a severe dearth of published studies on the correlations between indices of these teleconnections and LI.

Methods

We acquired the counts of leptospirosi

SUBMITTER: Ehelepola NDB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature