Leptospira Species in Floodwater during the 2011 Floods in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
| Autor: | Sharon J. Peacock, Narisara Chantratita, Yuvadee Mahakunkijcharoen, Premjit Amornchai, Natnaree Saiprom, Surapon Yimsamran, Wanchai Maneeboonyang, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pratap Singhasivanon, Siriphan Boonsilp, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Nicholas P. J. Day, Prapin Tharnpoophasiam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Veterinary medicine
animal diseases 030231 tropical medicine Short Report Microbial contamination Intermediate group 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Leptospira Virology medicine Humans Leptospirosis Phylogeny 0303 health sciences biology 030306 microbiology Ecology Articles biology.organism_classification medicine.disease bacterial infections and mycoses Thailand 6. Clean water Floods Leptospira species Infectious Diseases 13. Climate action bacteria Parasitology Water Microbiology geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | Floodwater samples (N = 110) collected during the 2011 Bangkok floods were tested for Leptospira using culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR); 65 samples were PCR-positive for putatively non-pathogenic Leptospira species, 1 sample contained a putatively pathogenic Leptospira, and 6 samples contained Leptospira clustering phylogenetically with the intermediate group. The low prevalence of pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira in floodwater was consistent with the low number of human leptospirosis cases reported to the Bureau of Epidemiology in Thailand. This study provides baseline information on environmental Leptospira in Bangkok together with a set of laboratory tests that could be readily deployed in the event of future flooding. |
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