Leptospirosis in pregnancy: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Leptospirosis is a leading zoonotic disease worldwide with more than 1 million cases in the general population per year. With leptospirosis being an emerging infectious disease and as the world's environment changes with more floods and environmental disasters, the burden of leptospirosis is expected to increase. The objectives of the systematic review were to explore how leptospirosis affects pregnancy, its burden in this population, its effects on maternal and fetal outcomes and the evidence base surrounding treatment options.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of published and unpublished literature using automated and manual methods to screen nine electronic databases since inception, with no language restriction. Two reviewers independently screened a

SUBMITTER: Selvarajah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature