Table 1 –
Geographical distribution and animal host range of reports included in the systematic review for the isolations and detections of Leptospira serovars, published 1927–2022
| UN region and subregion^ | Number of reports, % of total reports* | Number of countries/total number of countries, % ± | Number of unique serovars | Serovars with rank order 1, 2 or 3 for number of reports, ordered by frequency (number of reports) |
Number of unique animal orders | Animal host orders with rank order 1, 2 or 3 for number of reports, ordered by frequency (number of reports) | ||
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| Overall | 409 | (100) | 66/249 | (26.5) | 154 | Icterohaemorrhagiae (63); Pomona (61); Hardjo (54) | 16 | Rodentia (186); Artiodactyla (148); Carnivora (85) |
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| Africa ^ | 28 | (6.9) | 9/60 | (15.0) | 29 | Icterohaemorrhagiae (7); Grippotyphosa (6); Canicola (5) | 4 | Artiodactyla (17); Rodentia (12); Carnivora (3) |
| Eastern Africa | 14 | (3.4) | 4/22 | (18.2) | 22 | Kenya (3); [11 serovars] (2)# | 3 | Artiodactyla (10); Rodentia (5); Eulipotyphla (1) |
| Northern Africa | 6 | (1.5) | 3/7 | (42.9) | 6 | Icterohaemorrhagiae (4); Grippotyphosa (3); Canicola (1); Patoc (1); Polonica (1); Pyrogenes (1) | 3 | Rodentia (5); Carnivora (2); Artiodactyla (1) |
| Southern Africa | 5 | (1.2) | 1/5 | (20.0) | 4 | Canicola (2); Hardjo (1); Icterohaemorrhagiae (1); Pomona (1) | 3 | Artiodactyla (3); Carnivora (1); Rodentia (1) |
| Western Africa | 3 | (0.7) | 1/17 | (5.9) | 10 | [10 serovars] (1) | 2 | Artiodactyla (3); Rodentia (1) |
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| The Americas | 169 | (41.3) | 17/57 | (29.8) | 86 | Pomona (43); Icterohaemorrhagiae (31); Ballum (27) | 13 | Rodentia (66); Artiodactyla (60); Carnivora (52) |
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| Caribbean | 18 | (4.4) | 6/28 | (21.4) | 26 | Copenhageni (8); Bim (5); Ballum (4); Icterohaemorrhagiae (4) | 5 | Rodentia (11); Carnivora (10); Anura (5) |
| Central America | 4 | (1.0) | 3/8 | (37.5) | 24 | [24 serovars] (1)# | 3 | Didelphimorphia (3); Rodentia (3); Carnivora (2) |
| Northern America | 82 | (20.0) | 2/5 | (40.0) | 23 | Pomona (29); Ballum (18); Hardjo (15); Icterohaemorrhagiae (15) | 11 | Artiodactyla (31); Carnivora (31); Rodentia (23) |
| Southern America | 65 | (15.9) | 6/16 | (37.5) | 48 | Pomona (14); Copenhageni (12); Icterohaemorrhagiae (12) | 8 | Rodentia (29); Artiodactyla (27); Carnivora (9) |
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| Asia | 90 | (22.0) | 15/50 | (30.0) | 54 | Javanica (24); Canicola (17); Australis (14) | 7 | Rodentia (50); Artiodactyla (24); Carnivora (19) |
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| Central Asia | 1 | (0.2) | 1/5 | (20.0) | 1 | Grippotyphosa (1) | 1 | Ixodidae (1) |
| Eastern Asia | 25 | (6.1) | 3/7 | (42.9) | 23 | Australis (5); Canicola (4); Hebdomadis (4); Icterohaemorrhagiae (4); Javanica (4); Lai (4) | 4 | Rodentia (16); Carnivora (6); Artiodactyla (4) |
| Southern Asia | 22 | (5.4) | 5/11 | (45.5) | 14 | Javanica (7); Canicola (4); Grippotyphosa (3) | 4 | Rodentia (13); Artiodactyla (7); Carnivora (4) |
| South-Eastern Asia | 31 | (7.6) | 3/9 | (33.3) | 29 | Javanica (13); Bataviae (12); Australis (8) | 4 | Rodentia (15); Artiodactyla (11); Carnivora (8) |
| Western Asia | 11 | (2.7) | 3/18 | (16.7) | 11 | Szwajizak (4); Ballum (3); Canicola (3); Grippotyphosa (3) | 4 | Rodentia (6); Eulipotyphla (4); Artiodactyla (2) |
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| Europe | 103 | (25.2) | 21/52 | (40.4) | 36 | Hardjo (23); Icterohaemorrhagiae (15); Bratislava (14) | 6 | Rodentia (48); Artiodactyla (42); Carnivora (10); Eulipotyphla |
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| Eastern Europe | 29 | (7.1) | 7/10 | (70.0) | 25 | Grippotyphosa (6); Pomona (5); Sejroe (5); Tarassovi (5) | 5 | Rodentia (20); Artiodactyla (7); Eulipotyphla (4) |
| Northern Europe | 35 | (8.6) | 3/17 | (17.6) | 14 | Hardjo (18); Bratislava (8); Muenchen (8) | 5 | Artiodactyla (26); Rodentia (9); Perissodactyla (5) |
| Southern Europe | 20 | (4.9) | 4/16 | (25.0) | 22 | Icterohaemorrhagiae (7); Mozdok (5); Arborea (4) | 5 | Rodentia (11); Carnivora (4); Artiodactyla (3) |
| Western Europe | 21 | (5.1) | 7/9 | (77.8) | 15 | Grippotyphosa (5); Copenhageni (4); Lora (4) | 5 | Rodentia (8); Artiodactyla (6); Carnivora (3); Perissodactyla (3) |
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| Oceania ^ | 23 | (5.6) | 4/29 | (13.8) | 20 | Australis (5); Balcanica (5); Ballum (5) | 6 | Rodentia (10); Artiodactyla (9); Diprotodontia (5) |
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| Australia and New Zealand | 21 | (5.1) | 2/6 | (33.3) | 19 | Balcanica (5); Ballum (5); Australis (4); Hardjo (4); Tarassovi (4); Zanoni (4) | 6 | Artiodactyla (9); Rodentia (9); Diprotodontia (5) |
| Melanesia | 1 | (0.2) | 1/5 | (20.0) | 1 | Guidae (1) | 1 | Peramelemorphia (1) |
| Polynesia | 1 | (0.2) | 1/10 | (10.0) | 1 | Australis (1) | 1 | Rodentia (1) |
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No data reported from Middle Africa (9 countries), Micronesia (8 countries), or Antarctica (1 country).
*
The number of reports exceeds the total number of reports (n=409) since some reported data from multiple regions or subregions.
±
Some reports included data from multiple countries.
#
Eastern Africa: 11 serovars that had rank order 2; Central America: 24 serovars that had rank order 1