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From: Meta-analysis to estimate the load of Leptospira excreted in urine: beyond rats as important sources of transmission in low-income rural communities

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Quantity of Leptospira shed by animals. a Quantity of shed Leptospira per milliliter (Log10) of urine is significantly different among animals (Kruskal–Wallis Chi squared = 96.33, p value <2.2 × 10–16). Comparisons of quantity of Leptospira shed between pairs of animals were all significantly different except humans and mice (Kruskal–Wallis Chi squared = 0.91, p = 0.34). b Estimates of absolute quantity of Leptospira shed per day differ significantly among animals (Kruskal–Wallis Chi squared = 73.6, p = 1.806 × 10–14). Quantity of Leptospira shed per day by cattle and deer are significantly higher than dogs, humans, mice and rats (Kruskal–Wallis Chi squared = 45.6, p = 1.45 × 10–11). No significant differences were found when comparing cattle and deer, dogs and mice, humans and mice, and rats and mice. Box-plots display the medians, interquartile range (IQR), 1.5 × IQR, and suspected outliers >1.5 × IQR

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