@article{fdi:010067782,
  title = {{I}dentification of {T}enrec ecaudatus, a wild mammal introduced to {M}ayotte {I}sland, as a reservoir of the newly identified human pathogenic {L}eptospira mayottensis},
  author = {{L}agadec, {E}. and {G}omard, {Y}. and {L}e {M}inter, {G}. and {C}ordonin, {C}. and {C}ardinale, {E}. and {R}amasindrazana, {B}. and {D}ietrich, {M}. and {G}oodman, {S}. {M}. and {T}ortosa, {P}. and {D}ellagi, {K}oussay},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}eptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis of major concern on tropical islands. {H}uman populations on western {I}ndian {O}cean islands are strongly affected by the disease although each archipelago shows contrasting epidemiology. {F}or instance, {M}ayotte, part of the {C}omoros {A}rchipelago, differs from the other neighbouring islands by a high diversity of {L}eptospira species infecting humans that includes {L}eptospira mayottensis, a species thought to be unique to this island. {U}sing bacterial culture, molecular detection and typing, the present study explored the wild and domestic local mammalian fauna for renal carriage of leptospires and addressed the genetic relationships of the infecting strains with local isolates obtained from acute human cases and with {L}eptospira strains hosted by mammal species endemic to nearby {M}adagascar. {T}enrec ({T}enrec ecaudatus, {F}amily {T}enrecidae), a terrestrial mammal introduced from {M}adagascar, is identified as a reservoir of {L}. mayottensis. {A}ll isolated {L}. mayottensis sequence types form a monophyletic clade that includes {L}eptospira strains infecting humans and tenrecs on {M}ayotte, as well as two other {M}alagasy endemic tenrecid species of the genus {M}icrogale. {T}he lower diversity of {L}. mayottensis in tenrecs from {M}ayotte, compared to that occurring in {M}adagascar, suggests that {L}. mayottensis has indeed a {M}alagasy origin. {T}his study also showed that introduced rats ({R}attus rattus) and dogs are probably the main reservoirs of {L}eptospira borgpetersenii and {L}eptospira kirschneri, both bacteria being prevalent in local clinical cases. {D}ata emphasize the epidemiological link between the two neighbouring islands and the role of introduced small mammals in shaping the local epidemiology of leptospirosis.},
  keywords = {{MAYOTTE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {N}eglected {T}ropical {D}iseases},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {e0004933 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {1935-2735},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0004933},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067782},
}