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Useful links, grants and awards, and selected publications on leptospirosis.

  • 1M+ Severe cases of leptospirosis every year
  • 60,000 Deaths annually, with many infections undiagnosed
  • ~10% Mortality in severe disease
Links
LeptoFacts – International Leptospirosis Society leptosociety.org
Leptospirosis – World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) woah.org
Leptospirosis fact sheet for clinicians – CDC cdc.gov
Microbiology | Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) fems-microbiology.org
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ecdc.europa.eu
Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN) sites.google.com
Leptospirosis – Africa risk mapping atlas aficariskmappingatlas.com
Leptospirosis Reference Centre – Amsterdam UMC leptospira.amsterdamumc.org
Leptospira Library – Leptospirosis Reference Centre leptospira.amsterdamumc.org
Biology of Spirochetes – Institut Pasteur (Mathieu Picardeau) research.pasteur.fr
Proficiency Testing – International Leptospirosis Society leptosociety.org
Leptospira spp. | PubMLST pubmlst.org
The Dr. Leopold Kirschner database leptospirosis.otago.ac.nz
Funding

Grants and awards

CA25142 – One Health European Network for Leptospirosis and Rodent-Borne Threats (ONE-LEP) COST Action CA25142
Publications

Selected reading

2024
Beauté J, Innocenti F, Aristodimou A, Špačková M, Eves C, Kerbo N, Rimhanen-Finne R, Picardeau M, Faber M, Dougas G, Halldórsdóttir AM, Jackson S, Leitēna V, Vergison A, Borg ML, Pijnacker R, Sadkowska-Todys M, Martins JV, Rusu LC, Grilc E, Estévez-Reboredo RM, Niskanen T, Westrell T

Epidemiology of reported cases of leptospirosis in the EU/EEA, 2010 to 2021

Euro Surveill. 2024;29(7):2300266 2024 DOI

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