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This study aimed to investigate how spatial variation in reservoir abundance and pathogen pressure affect\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    spillover transmission to humans in a Brazilian urban informal settlement. A longitudinal eco-epidemiological study was conducted from 2013 to 2014 to characterize the spatial distribution of rat abundance and\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    shedding rates in rats and determine the association with human infection risk in a cohort of 2,206 community residents. Tracking plates and live-trapping were used to measure rat abundance and quantify rat shedding status and load. In parallel, four sequential biannual serosurveys were used to identify human\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    infections. To evaluate the role of shedding on human risk, we built three statistical models for: (1) the relative abundance of rats, (2) the shedding rate by individual rats, and (3) human\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection, in which \u201ctotal shedding\u201d, obtained by multiplying the predictions from those two models, was used as a risk factor. We found that\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    shedding was associated with older and sexually mature rats and varied spatially and temporally\u2014higher at valley bottoms and with seasonal rainfall (December to March). The point estimate for \u201ctotal shedding\u201d by rat populations was positive, i.e.,\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection risk increased with total shedding, but the association was not significant [odds ratio (OR) = 1.1; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.9, 1.4]. This positive trend was mainly driven by rat abundance, rather than individual rat shedding (OR = 1.8; 95% CI: 0.6, 5.4 vs. OR = 1.0; 95% CI: 0.7, 1.4]. Infection risk was higher in areas with more vegetative land cover (OR = 2.4; 95% CI: 1.2, 4.8), and when floodwater entered the house (OR = 2.4; 95% CI: 1.6, 3.4). Our findings indicate that environmental and hydrological factors play a more significant role in\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    spillover than rat associated factors. Furthermore, we developed a novel approach combining several models to elucidate complex links between animal reservoir abundance, pathogen shedding and environmental factors on zoonotic spillover in humans that can be extended to other environmentally transmitted diseases.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2024.1447592","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,18]],"date-time":"2024-09-18T00:54:26Z","timestamp":1726620866000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Nirali","family":"Soni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Max T.","family":"Eyre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"F\u00e1bio N.","family":"Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter J.","family":"Diggle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Albert I.","family":"Ko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mike","family":"Begon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roger","family":"Pickup","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James E.","family":"Childs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hussein","family":"Khalil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ticiana S. 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