Focus: Zoonotic Disease: Ending the Neglect of Treatable Bacterial Zoonoses Responsible for
Non-Malaria Fevers |
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| Authors: | Cyrille Goarant Koussay Dellagi Mathieu Picardeau |
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| Institution: | aInstitut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Unité de Recherche et d’Expertise sur la Leptospirose, Nouméa, New Caledonia;bInstitut Pasteur, Direction Internationale, Paris, France;cInstitut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des Spirochètes, Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | Bacterial zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis, Q fever, melioidosis, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and brucellosis are increasingly recognized causes of non-malaria acute fevers. However, though readily treatable with antibiotics, these diseases are commonly misdiagnosed resulting in poor outcomes in patients. There is a considerable deficit in the understanding of basic aspects of the epidemiology of these neglected diseases and diagnostic tests for these zoonotic bacterial pathogens are not always available in resource-poor settings. Raising awareness about these emerging bacterial zoonoses is directly beneficial to the patients by allowing a test-and-treat approach and is essential to control these life-threatening diseases. |
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| Keywords: | neglected tropical diseases leptospirosis tropical countries antibiotics |
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