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SUBMITTER: Casanovas-Massana A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9302045 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casanovas-Massana Arnau A Neves Souza Fabio F Curry Melanie M de Oliveira Daiana D de Oliveira Anderson S AS Eyre Max T MT Santiago Diogo D Aguiar Santos Maísa M Serra Rafael M R RMR Lopes Evelyn E Xavier Barbara Ia BI Diggle Peter J PJ Wunder Elsio A EA Reis Mitermayer G MG Ko Albert I AI Costa Federico F
Environmental science & technology 20211112 23
Leptospirosis is an environmentally transmitted zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. that affects poor communities worldwide. In urban slums, leptospirosis is associated with deficient sanitary infrastructure. Yet, the role of sewerage in the reduction of the environmental contamination with pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> has not been explored. Here, we conducted a survey of the pathogen in soils surrounding open and closed sewer sections in six urban slums in Brazil. We fo ...[more]