| Autor: |
Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Eduardo Gutierrez-Blanco, Wendy Cauich-Mendez, Maria Fidelia Cárdenas-Marrufo, Matilde Jimenez-Coello |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2717-2910 |
| DOI: |
10.22034/JZD.2020.10583 |
| Popis: |
The natural exposure of domestic cats to Leptospira spp. and some associated risk factors were studied in a large city from tropical Mexico. Two hundred and sixty blood samples were collected from clinically healthy cats in Merida Yucatan, Mexico, and tested for 13 leptospira serovars by using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Forty-six (17.7%) of the cats were serologically positive to some of the antigens of seven serovars, particularly australis (54.3%), pyrogenes (15.3%), gryppotyphosa (13%) and others. Titters recorded were within 1:100 and 1:200. No clinical signs of the disease were observed in the cats. Cats with no access to outdoors were more prone to become in contact with the agent (p |
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