Leptospirosis: Updating the Global Picture of an Emerging Neglected Disease

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease found predominantly in impoverished populations inhabiting developing countries with tropical climates. Global leptospirosis burden is significant; however, inadequate diagnosis has affected the awareness of the disease among the medical community. This issue of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports two studies commissioned by the Leptospirosis Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (LERG) of the...