Volume 15, Issue 3, April 2016, Pages 457–467
Waleed Al-orry1, M. Arahou2, R. Hassikou3, A. Quasmaoui4, Réda Charof5, and Z. Mennane6
1 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
3 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Medical Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene, Ibn Battuta Avenue, B.P. 769, Agdal, Rabat 11000, Morocco
5 Department of Medical Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene, Ibn Battuta Avenue, B.P. 769, Agdal, Rabat 11000, Morocco
6 Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Environnement et Qualité (LABEQ), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofaïl, BP 133, 14000 Kénitra, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Leptospirosis is probably the most widespread and prevalent zoonotic disease in the world. It is difficult to diagnose both in the clinic and the laboratory. Therefore, the disease is frequently not recognized and consequently severely neglected. Leptospirosis is (re-)emerging globally and numerous outbreaks have occurred worldwide during the past decade. Leptospirosis affects humans in rural and urban settings and in industrialized and developing countries. The most recent examples are the epidemics in Nicaragua in 2007, in Sri Lanka in 2008 and in the Philippines in 2009, each affecting several thousands of people and causing hundreds of deaths. Based on global data collection 300,000
Author Keywords: leptospirosis, Zoonosis, Morocco, Elisa, PCR, Prevention.
Waleed Al-orry1, M. Arahou2, R. Hassikou3, A. Quasmaoui4, Réda Charof5, and Z. Mennane6
1 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
3 Laboratory of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Medical Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene, Ibn Battuta Avenue, B.P. 769, Agdal, Rabat 11000, Morocco
5 Department of Medical Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene, Ibn Battuta Avenue, B.P. 769, Agdal, Rabat 11000, Morocco
6 Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Environnement et Qualité (LABEQ), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofaïl, BP 133, 14000 Kénitra, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Leptospirosis is probably the most widespread and prevalent zoonotic disease in the world. It is difficult to diagnose both in the clinic and the laboratory. Therefore, the disease is frequently not recognized and consequently severely neglected. Leptospirosis is (re-)emerging globally and numerous outbreaks have occurred worldwide during the past decade. Leptospirosis affects humans in rural and urban settings and in industrialized and developing countries. The most recent examples are the epidemics in Nicaragua in 2007, in Sri Lanka in 2008 and in the Philippines in 2009, each affecting several thousands of people and causing hundreds of deaths. Based on global data collection 300,000
Author Keywords: leptospirosis, Zoonosis, Morocco, Elisa, PCR, Prevention.
How to Cite this Article
Waleed Al-orry, M. Arahou, R. Hassikou, A. Quasmaoui, Réda Charof, and Z. Mennane, “Leptospirosis: Transmission, Diagnosis and Prevention,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 457–467, April 2016.
