| Cross-sectional study of Leptospira seroprevalence in humans, rats, mice, and dogs in a main tropical sea-port city. | |
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PMID: 23149584 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Samples were collected from 128 symptomatic humans, 83 dogs, 49 mice, and 20 rats (Rattus rattus: 16; Rattus norvegicus: 4) in neighborhoods where human leptospirosis have been reported within the principal sea-port city of Colombia. Seroprevalences were assessed against 19 pathogenic, 1 intermediate pathogenic, and 1 saprophytic Leptospira serogroups. Pathogenic Leptospira were confirmed using conventional Leptospira-specific polymerase chain-reaction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis was used for serovar identification. Seroprevalences of 20.4%, 12.5%, 25.0%, 22.9%, and 12.4% were obtained against one to seven different serogroups in mice, R. rattus, R. norvegicus, dogs, and humans, respectively. The DNA was confirmed to be from pathogenic Leptospira by detecting the lipL32 gene in 12.5%, 3.7%, and 0.03% of the R. rattus, dog, and human samples, respectively. The first genetically typed Colombian isolate was obtained from a rat and identified as Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni. |
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Authors:
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Claudia M E Romero-Vivas; Margarett Cuello-Pérez; Piedad Agudelo-Flórez; Dorothy Thiry; Paul N Levett; Andrew K I Falconar |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-11-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Volume: 88 ISSN: 1476-1645 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2013-01-10 Completed Date: 2013-02-26 Revised Date: 2013-04-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370507 Medline TA: Am J Trop Med Hyg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 178-83 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Grupo de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Medicina, División Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. clromero@uninorte.edu.co |
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Animals Base Sequence Colombia / epidemiology Cross-Sectional Studies DNA Primers Dogs Humans Leptospirosis / epidemiology* Mice Polymerase Chain Reaction Rats Seroepidemiologic Studies Tropical Climate* |
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