Leptospirosis in Urban Wild Boars, Berlin, Germany

Autor: Bernd Appel, Christoph Loddenkemper, Klaus Stark, Andreas Jansen, Michael Lierz, Karsten Nöckler, Petra Wittschen, Beatriz Guerra, Derk Ehlert, Enno Luge, Achim D. Gruber, Thomas Schneider
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 739-739 (2007)
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12–25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p = 0.01), and leptospires were detected in kidney tissues. Wild boars represent a potential source for human leptospirosis in urban environments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE