Grillova, Linda
Cokelaer, Thomas
Mariet, Jean-François
da Fonseca, Juliana Pipoli
Picardeau, Mathieu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institut Pasteur (PTR 30-201)
Santé Publique France (CNR)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2022
Accepted: 28 February 2023
First Online: 14 March 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was given by the Institutional Review Board of the Institut Pasteur. Written informed consent from patients was not required, as the study was conducted as part of the routine diagnosis of the French NRC for Leptospirosis, and no additional clinical specimens were collected for the purpose of the study. The need for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of the Institut Pasteur because of the retrospective nature of the study. Human samples were anonymized, and human sequences were removed from the data before submission to the database. Collection of the samples was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.