Seroprevalence and distribution of leptospirosis serovars among wet market workers in northeastern, Malaysia: a cross sectional study
| Autor: | Rukman Awang Hamat, Norazlin Idris, Aziah Daud, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Suhaily Mohd Hairon, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin, Mas Harithulfadhli Agus Ab Rahman, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Wan Mohammad, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Zawaha Idris, Surianti Sukeri, Malina Osman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Serotype Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Food Handling Cross-sectional study 030231 tropical medicine Prevalence Seroprevalence Biology Serogroup lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Seroepidemiologic Studies Zoonoses Direct agglutination test medicine Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Leptospirosis High risk group 030212 general & internal medicine Wet market workers health care economics and organizations Aged Leptospira Farmers Malaysia Middle Aged medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Occupational Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Parasitology Tropical medicine Female Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12879-018-3470-5 |
| Popis: | Background Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease associated with occupations which exposed workers to environments contaminated with urine of infected animals. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among wet market workers in Kelantan. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in two main wet markets in Kelantan and 232 wet market workers were randomly selected. Blood samples were analysed for microscopic agglutination test (MAT) against 20 live leptospirosis reference serovars. MAT titres of 1:100 or more were considered as seropositive. Results It was found that the overall seroprevalence for leptospirosis among the respondents was 33.6% (95% CI = 27.5, 39.7). The samples were tested positive against serovars Melaka (IMR LEP 1), Terengganu (IMR LEP 115), Sarawak (IMR LEP 175), Copenhageni (IMR LEP 803/11), Hardjobovis (IMR LEP 27), Australis, Autumnalis, Bataviae, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjoprajitno, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Javanica, Pyrogenes, Terrasovi, Djasiman, Patoc and Pomona. The predominant serovars was Autumnalis (18.2%). Conclusion Wet markets workers were at risk for leptospirosis infection evidenced by high seroprevalence of leptospirosis in this study. Further research need to be conducted to determine factors that favours infection in this groups. |
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