Existence of Similar Leptospira Serovars among Dog Keepers and Their Respective Dogs in Mwanza, Tanzania, the Need for a One Health Approach to Control Measures
| Autor: | Stephen E. Mshana, Juma M Samson, Elifuraha B. Mngumi, Mariam M. Mirambo, Ginethon G. Mhamphi, Joseph Genchwere, Vitus Silago, Khadija S Majid, Betrand Msemwa, Georgies F. Mgode, Subira S Mwakabumbe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Serotype Veterinary medicine 030231 tropical medicine serovar Sokoine Zoonotic disease zoonotic disease Mwanza 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Leptospira Interquartile range Direct agglutination test microscopic agglutination (MAT) Immunology and Allergy Medicine Leptospira antibodies Molecular Biology General Immunology and Microbiology biology business.industry biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Tanzania One Health business |
| Zdroj: | Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 609, p 609 (2021) Pathogens; Volume 10; Issue 5; Pages: 609 |
| ISSN: | 2076-0817 |
| Popis: | This study investigated seroepidemiology of Leptospira serovars among the dog keepers and their dogs in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania. A total of 205 dog keepers and 414 dogs were tested for Leptospira antibodies using a microscopic agglutination test (MAT). The median age of the dog keepers was 26 (inter quartile range (IQR): 17–40) years and median duration of keeping dogs was 36 (IQR: 24–120) months. The seropositivity of Leptospira antibodies was (33/205 (16.1%, 95% CI: 11.0–21.1) among dog keepers and (66/414 (15.9%, 95% CI: 12.4–19.4) among dogs, p = 0.4745. Among the serovars tested (Sokoine, Grippotyphosa, Kenya, Pomona and Hebdomadis), the most prevalent serovar was Sokoine in both dog keepers and their dogs (93.9% (31/33) vs. and 65.1% (43/66), p = 0.009). Thirty-one out of thirty-three seropositive dog keepers (93.9%) had dogs positive for Leptospira antibodies with 28 (84.9%) having similar serovars with their respective seropositive dogs. Having tertiary education (AOR: 0.24, 95% CI: 0.07–0.84, p = 0.026) independently protected individuals from being Leptospira seropositive. More than three quarters of dog keepers had similar serovars as their dogs, necessitating one health approach to control measures in endemic areas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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