Leptospirosis in Aotearoa New Zealand: Protocol for a Nationwide Case-Control Study

Shahista Nisa   ¹ , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Emilie Vallee   ² , MSc, DMV, PhD ;   Jonathan Marshall   ³ , BSc, BInfSc (Hons), PhD ;   Julie Collins-Emerson   ¹ , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Polly Yeung   ⁴ , PhD ;   Gerard Prinsen   ⁵ , MA, PhD ;   Jeroen Douwes   ⁶ , MSc, PhD ;   Michael G Baker   ⁷ , MBChB ;   Jackie Wright   ⁸ , MSc ;   Tanya Quin   ⁹ , BSc, MBChB ;   Maureen Holdaway   ¹⁰ , BA, RGON, PhD ;   David A Wilkinson   ¹¹ , MBiochem, DPhil ;   Ahmed Fayaz   ¹ , BSc (Hons), PGCE, MSc, PhD ;   Stuart Littlejohn   ¹ , BAVI ;   Jackie Benschop   ¹ , BVSc, PhD

¹ Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

² EpiCentre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

³ School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

⁴ School of Social Work, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

⁵ School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

⁶ Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

⁷ Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

⁸ Enteric and Leptospira Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand

⁹ Goodfellow Unit, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

¹⁰ College of Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

¹¹ Unité Mixte de Recherche, Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, University of Montpellier, Plateforme Technologique Cyclotron Réunion Océan Indien, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France