@article{fdi:010089693,
  title = {{S}eroprevalence and renal carriage of pathogenic {L}eptospira in livestock in {C}otonou, {B}enin},
  author = {{H}er, {R}. and {C}respin, {L}. and {E}tougb{\'e}tch{\'e}, {J}. and {G}roud, {K}. and {G}nolonfoun, {M}. and {C}hapron, {A}. and {E}venamia, {C}. and {H}ou{\'e}m{\'e}nou, {G}. and {L}urier, {T}. and {C}appelle, {J}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {A}yral, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {L}eptospirosis is a zoonotic disease. {I}t is particularly prevalent in tropical countries and has major consequences for human and animal health. {I}n {B}enin, the disease's epidemiology remains poorly understood, especially in livestock, for which data are lacking. {O}bjectives: {T}o characterise {L}eptospira seroprevalence and locally circulating serogroups in livestock from {C}otonou and to estimate the prevalence of {L}eptospira renal carriage in cattle. {M}ethods: {W}e conducted a cross-sectional study in {F}ebruary 2020 during which livestock were sampled at an abattoir and in an impoverished city district. {W}e analysed blood samples from 279 livestock animals (i.e. cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) using the microscopic agglutination test. {A}dditionally, samples of renal tissue from 100 cattle underwent 16s r{RNA} (rrs) real-time {PCR} analysis. {R}esults: {F}or the 131 cattle, 85 sheep, and 50 goats tested, seroprevalence was 18% (95% confidence interval [{CI}] [12%, 26%]), 9% (95% {CI} [4%, 17%] and 2% (95% {CI} [0%, 9%]), respectively, and most of the seropositive animals were associated with 1:100 titres. {A}ll 13 pigs were seronegative. {L}eptospira {DNA} was found in the renal tissue of 10% (95% {CI} [5%, 18%]) of the cattle tested (n = 100). {L}eptospira borgpetersenii was the main species present (n = 7), but {L}eptospira interrogans (n = 2) and {L}eptospira kirschneri (n = 1) were also detected. {V}arious serogroups ({C}anicola, {G}rippotyphosa, {S}ejroe, {I}cterohaemorrhagiae, {P}omona, {P}yrogenes, {A}ustralis and {A}utumnalis) were detected using microscopic agglutination test without a clear predominance of any of them. {C}onclusions: {T}hese results suggest that abattoir workers and people living in close contact with livestock in poor urban areas are exposed to the risk of {L}eptospira infection.},
  keywords = {abattoir ; {A}kaike's information criterion ; leptospirosis ; microscopic ; agglutination test ; {PCR} ; slum ; {W}est {A}frica ; zoonosis ; {BENIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}eterinary {M}edicine and {S}cience},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {e1430 [11 ]},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1002/vms3.1430},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089693},
}