EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AN OUTBREAK OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN MAN AND DOG

被引：26

作者：

VENKATARAMAN, KS ^{[1
]}

NEDUNCHELLIYAN, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] RES INST NAMAKKAL,NAMAKKAL 637002,INDIA

来源：

COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 1992年 / 15卷 / 04期

关键词：

LEPTOSPIROSIS; HUMAN LEPTOSPIROSIS; ANIMAL LEPTOSPIROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA-INTERROGANS; INDIA;

D O I：

10.1016/0147-9571(92)90003-A

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

An outbreak of leptospirosis in man and dog occurred during the monsoon in Madras city, India. 48 (50.5%) of the 95 human sera tested were positive for leptospirosis. Of these, 32 showed the presence of agglutinin to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae. 20 (21.3%) of the 94 canine sera tested were positive for leptospirosis. Of these, 10 had agglutinins to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae and 9 to serovar canicola. Among murine reservoirs, 8 (25%) of 32 rat sera and 10 (41.6%) of 24 bandicoot sera were positive. Bandicoot and rat sera contained 70 and 50% of agglutinins to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae, respectively. Urine culture lead to isolate a icterohaemorrhagiae strain from a patient and a canicola one from a dog. The changing trends of epidemiology in the transmission of leptospirosis to man and dog has been discussed.

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