High incidence of asymptomatic leptospirosis among urban sanitation workers from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Daisuke Mori, Nur Athirah Yusof, Azman Atil, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Rafdah Othman, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan, Lela Suut, KamruddinAhmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Nature Research 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29961/1/High%20incidence%20of%20asymptomatic%20leptospirosis%20among%20urban%20sanitation%20workers%20from%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29961/2/High%20incidence%20of%20asymptomatic%20leptospirosis%20among%20urban%20sanitation%20workers%20from%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29961/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76595-0.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76595-0

Leptospirosis is a public health challenge in Sabah State of Malaysian Borneo. Rapid urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, and undocumented immigration in Sabah have increased the pressure on the urban garbage disposal system. Rodents and other small animals thrive under these conditions. We hypot...