Socio-environmental factors associated with small mammal assemblage and Leptospira prevalence in Suburban Areas of Terengganu, Malaysia
Zamri M, Shafie N, Ali M, Awoniyi A, Argibay H, Costa F. Socio-environmental factors associated with small mammal assemblage and Leptospira prevalence in Suburban Areas of Terengganu, Malaysia. Asian Pacific Journal Of Tropical Medicine 2024, 17: 400-407. DOI: 10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_931_23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall mammal assemblagesMammal assemblagesSmall mammalsStudy sitesAssemblage of small mammalsSmall mammal occurrenceGeneralized linear modelSmall mammal communitiesMammal occurrenceMammal communitiesTrap nightsTrapping pointsLive trapsSocio-environmental variablesCaptured animalsRattus exulansSampling pointsLeptospira prevalenceRattus rattusTrapping periodAnimal accessEnvironmental surveysAssemblagesPCR detectionSuburban areasDisentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements
Soni N, Eyre M, Souza F, Diggle P, Ko A, Begon M, Pickup R, Childs J, Khalil H, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pertile A, Carvalho M, de Oliveira D, Nery N, Giorgi E, Costa F. Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1447592. PMID: 39360250, PMCID: PMC11445007, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1447592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRat abundanceReservoir abundanceAbundance of ratsEnvironmentally transmitted diseasesVegetation land coverInfection riskSexually mature ratsHuman infection riskLive trapsUrban informal settlementsZoonotic spilloverLand coverSpatial variationHydrological factorsValley bottomTrack plateAbundanceHuman riskShedding rateMature ratsEco-epidemiological studiesLeptospira infectionSpillover transmissionSpatial distributionInformal settlements