SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR SURVEY OF Leptospira spp. AMONG CART HORSES FROM AN ENDEMIC AREA OF HUMAN LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CURITIBA, SOUTHERN BRAZIL
| Autor: | Mariane Angélica Finger, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho, Christian Leutenegger, Marko Estrada, Leila Sabrina Ullmann, Hélio Langoni, Mariana Kikuti, Peterson Triches Dornbush, Ivan Deconto, Alexander Welker Biondo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 56, Iss 6, Pp 473-476 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9946 0036-4665 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0036-46652014000600003 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Cart horses are a re-emerging population employed to carry recyclable material in cities. Methods: Sixty-two horses were sampled in an endemic area of human leptospirosis. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) were performed. Results: A seropositivity of 75.8% with serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae in 80.8% of the horses was observed. Blood and urine were qPCR negative. MAT showed positive correlations with rainfall (p = 0.02) and flooding (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Although horses may be constantly exposed to Leptospira spp. in the environment mostly because of rainfall and flooding, no leptospiremia or leptospiruria were observed in this study. |
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