Molecular Diagnosis as an Alternative for Public Health Surveillance of Leptospirosis in Colombia.

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis represents a public health problem in Colombia. However, the underreporting of the disease is an unfortunate reality, with a clear trend towards a decrease in cases since 2019, when the guidelines for its confirmatory diagnosis changed with the requirement of two paired samples. The purpose of this review is to highlight the importance of leptospirosis. While the access to rapid diagnosis is available at practically all levels of care for dengue and malaria, leptospirosis-a doubly neglected disease-deserves recognition as a serious public health problem in Colombia. In this manner, it is proposed that molecular tests are a viable diagnostic alternative that can improve the targeted treatment of the patient and the timeliness of data and case reporting to SIVIGILA, and reduce

SUBMITTER: Arboleda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10673046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature