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Blood sampling was performed on individual blotting papers, and microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was conducted on paper disc-absorbed (PDA) blood. We showed that seroprevalence of leptospirosis was 0.66% \u00b1 0.34 in the global population of Reunion Island, which is 1.78 lower than the seroprevalence estimated 20 years before. 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