Leptospirosis a zoonotic disease, a brief review of the situation in Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: Leptospirosis as a zoonotic disease in recent years has been of great concern in the world being a disease of declaration to the WHO as the years go by in certain areas preferably those linked to tropical and subtropical climates it has been established that its presence has an increase especially in rainy seasons,  this bacterium causes disease in several patients, whether animal or human, and for that reason it is important to know its distribution and spread.  Objectives: The main objective of this research is to have an updated document on leptospirosis, its potential zoonoses and the current state in the country Ecuador. To determine leptospirosis as a zoonotic disease of epidemiological importance at the national level. To know the distribution of leptospirosis in terms of their research at the national level. Methodology: Bibliographic for leptospirosis as a disease of zoonotic importance to elaborate a document with an update of this important, 23 publications were found, but 13 were considered to know the current and real situation of leptospirosis in Ecuador. Results: This investigation showed that the positive cases for leptospirosis using any diagnostic technique obtained various results which on average was de 58.04% of prevalence being the coastal region the one that presents most of the cases. Conclusions: Leptospirosis is a disease that affects several species including humans worldwide, but in our country, it is under consideration, it can be concluded that in all the investigations that are reported there is a high prevalence, and the most studied region is the coast.