Risk factors for human leptospirosis following flooding: A meta-analysis of observational studies.

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis is probably the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world especially in tropical countries. There has been an increase in individual studies, which assessed the frequency of leptospirosis in flood conditions. Some studies showed contact with floods was significantly associated with the occurrence of leptospirosis while other studies reported differently. The objective of this meta-analysis was to synthesize the evidence on the risk factors which are associated with human leptospirosis following flooding. We set up the inclusion criteria and searched for the original studies, addressing leptospirosis in human with related to flood in health-related electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, Ovid Medline, google scholar and Scopus sources. We used the terms 'leptospiros

SUBMITTER: Naing C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541304 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature