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Clinical manifestations of human leptospirosis: bacteria matter.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2023
Rajaonarivelo Jeanne Arline, Desmoulin Anissa, Maillard Olivier, Collet Louis, Baudino Fiona, Jaffar-Bandjee Marie-Christine, Blondé Renaud, Raffray Loïc, Tortosa Pablo
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Introduction: A high incidence of human leptospirosis is recorded on Mayotte, an oceanic island located in southwestern Indian Ocean, but the severity of the disease appears relatively mild in terms of mortality rate and admission to the intensive care unit. It has been proposed that mild leptospirosis may result from a limited virulence of some of the occurring Leptospira species to which the population is...
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