A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments.
<h4>Background</h4>Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira, is a zoonosis of global distribution. This infectious disease is mainly transmitted by indirect exposure to urine of asymptomatic animals via the environment. As human cases generally occur after heavy rain, an emerging h...
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| author | Emilie Bierque Roman Thibeaux Dominique Girault Marie-Estelle Soupé-Gilbert Cyrille Goarant |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira, is a zoonosis of global distribution. This infectious disease is mainly transmitted by indirect exposure to urine of asymptomatic animals via the environment. As human cases generally occur after heavy rain, an emerging hypothesis suggests that rainfall re-suspend leptospires together with soil particles. Bacteria are then carried to surface water, where humans get exposed. It is currently assumed that pathogenic leptospires can survive in the environment but do not multiply. However, little is known on their capacity to survive in a soil and freshwater environment.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review on Leptospira and leptospirosis in the environment in order to collect current knowledge on the lifestyle of Leptospira in soil and water. In total, 86 scientific articles retrieved from online databases or institutional libraries were included in this study.<h4>Principals findings/significance</h4>This work identified evidence of survival of Leptospira in the environment but major gaps remain about the survival of virulent species associated with human and animal diseases. Studies providing quantitative data on Leptospira in soil and water are a very recent trend, but must be interpreted with caution because of the uncertainty in the species identification. Several studies mentioned the presence of Leptospira in soils more frequently than in waters, supporting the hypothesis of the soil habitat and dispersion of Leptospira with re-suspended soil particles during heavy rain. In a near future, the growing use of high throughput sequencing will offer new opportunities to improve our understanding of the habitat of Leptospira in the environment. This better insight into the risk of leptospirosis will allow implementing efficient control measures and prevention for the human and animal populations exposed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bc64bb8614df4f3ebfed3d4c6dbddebb2025-08-20T02:11:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01151e022705510.1371/journal.pone.0227055A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments.Emilie BierqueRoman ThibeauxDominique GiraultMarie-Estelle Soupé-GilbertCyrille Goarant<h4>Background</h4>Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira, is a zoonosis of global distribution. This infectious disease is mainly transmitted by indirect exposure to urine of asymptomatic animals via the environment. As human cases generally occur after heavy rain, an emerging hypothesis suggests that rainfall re-suspend leptospires together with soil particles. Bacteria are then carried to surface water, where humans get exposed. It is currently assumed that pathogenic leptospires can survive in the environment but do not multiply. However, little is known on their capacity to survive in a soil and freshwater environment.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review on Leptospira and leptospirosis in the environment in order to collect current knowledge on the lifestyle of Leptospira in soil and water. In total, 86 scientific articles retrieved from online databases or institutional libraries were included in this study.<h4>Principals findings/significance</h4>This work identified evidence of survival of Leptospira in the environment but major gaps remain about the survival of virulent species associated with human and animal diseases. Studies providing quantitative data on Leptospira in soil and water are a very recent trend, but must be interpreted with caution because of the uncertainty in the species identification. Several studies mentioned the presence of Leptospira in soils more frequently than in waters, supporting the hypothesis of the soil habitat and dispersion of Leptospira with re-suspended soil particles during heavy rain. In a near future, the growing use of high throughput sequencing will offer new opportunities to improve our understanding of the habitat of Leptospira in the environment. This better insight into the risk of leptospirosis will allow implementing efficient control measures and prevention for the human and animal populations exposed.https://storage.googleapis.com/plos-corpus-prod/10.1371/journal.pone.0227055/1/pone.0227055.pdf?X-Goog-Algorithm=GOOG4-RSA-SHA256&X-Goog-Credential=wombat-sa%40plos-prod.iam.gserviceaccount.com%2F20210219%2Fauto%2Fstorage%2Fgoog4_request&X-Goog-Date=20210219T103329Z&X-Goog-Expires=3600&X-Goog-SignedHeaders=host&X-Goog-Signature=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 |
| spellingShingle | Emilie Bierque Roman Thibeaux Dominique Girault Marie-Estelle Soupé-Gilbert Cyrille Goarant A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. PLoS ONE |
| title | A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. |
| title_full | A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. |
| title_fullStr | A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. |
| title_short | A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments. |
| title_sort | systematic review of leptospira in water and soil environments |
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