Leptospirosis: risk factors and management challenges in developing countries

Figures & data

Figure 1 Molecular phylogeny of the genus Leptospira based on 16S rRNA sequences (neighbor joining method and Kimura’s two-parameter distances).

Note: The value 0.01 refers to one substitution per 100 nucleotides.

Figure 2 Examples of leptospirosis exposure settings taken in New Caledonia.

Figure 3 Basic principles underlying the biological diagnosis of leptospirosis.

Notes: Adapted from Turner. Leptospirosis I. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1967;61(6):842–855,¹²⁴ by permission of Oxford University Press.
Abbreviations: PCR, polymerase chain reaction; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.

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