@article{fdi:010077516,
  title = {{P}athogenic {L}eptospira in commensal small mammals from the extensively urbanized coastal {B}enin},
  author = {{H}ou{\'e}m{\'e}nou, {G}. and {G}authier, {P}hilippe and {E}tougb{\'e}tch{\'e}, {J}. and {B}adou, {S}. and {D}ossou, {H}.{J}. and {A}gossou, {D}. and {P}icardeau, {M}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}eptospirosis is caused by spirochete bacteria of the genus {L}eptospira that affect one million and kill 60,000 persons annually in the world, who get infected through environmental mammal-excreted (notably rodent) pathogens. {U}sing q{PCR} and {DNA} sequencing approaches, we here examine {L}eptospira occurrence and diversity in 971 commensal small mammals in urban and peri-urban habitats from south {B}enin, where socio-environmental conditions are favorable for human contamination. {P}revalence reached 12.9% on average, but showed very important variations in both space and time, thus pointing toward a role of local processes in the maintenance and circulation of rodent-borne leptospires in the area. {P}revalence peaks may occur during or one month after moderate (100-200 mm) monthly rainfall, suggesting that rodent-borne leptospires may be more prevalent when standing waters are present, but not at their highest levels (i.e., floods). {H}owever, this pattern will have to be confirmed through proper diachronic analysis. {F}inally, an incomplete but significant host-specificity was observed, with {L}. kirschneri retrieved only in {A}frican shrews, and the invasive {R}attus norvegicus and the native {M}astomys natalensis preferentially infected by {L}. interrogans and {L}. borgpeterseni, respectively. {O}ur study highlights the urgent need for investigations on human leptospirosis in the extensively urbanized {A}bidjan–{L}agos corridor.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {ABIDJAN} ; {NIGERIA} ; {LAGOS} ; {BENIN} ; {PORTO} {NOVO} ; {COTONOU} ; {GHANA} ; {ACCRA} ; {TOGO} ; {LOME}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{U}rban {S}cience},
  volume = {3},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {art. 99 [14 ]},
  ISSN = {2413-8851},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.3390/urbansci3030099},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077516},
}