The role of horses in the transmission of leptospirosis in an urban tropical area

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-35

  Hamond, C ^a   Martins, G ^a   Lawson Ferreira, R ^b   Medeiros, M A ^b   Lilenbaum, W ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carriers; Horses; Leptospira spp; urban tropical area

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; HORSE; HURRICANE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; URINE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

EID: 84870881366     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000416     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Robertson C, et al. Spatial epidemiology of suspected clinical leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. Epidemiology and Infection 2011; 7: 1-13.
2. de Faria MT, et al. Carriage of Leptospira interrogans among domestic rats from an urban setting highly endemic for leptospirosis in Brazil. Acta Tropica 2008; 108: 1-5.
3. Desvars A, et al. Animal leptospirosis in small tropical areas. Epidemiology and Infection 2011; 139: 167-188.
4. Adler B, de la Pen̈a Moctezuma A. Leptospira and leptospirosis. Veterinary Microbiology 2010; 140: 287-296.
5. Gamage CD, et al. Prevalence and carrier status of leptospirosis in smallholder dairy cattle and peridomestic rodents in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Disease 2011; 11: 1041-1047.
6. Hashimoto VY, et al. Occurrence of antibodies against Leptospira spp. in horses of the urban area of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Säo Paulo 2007; 49: 327-330. (Pubitemid 350133457)
7. Jung BY, et al. Seroprevalence of Leptospira spp. in clinically healthy racing horses in Korea. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 2010; 72: 197-201.
8. Pinna MH, et al. Outbreak of equine leptospirosis by S. Bratislava. Online Journal of Veterinary Research 2007; 11: 1-4.
9. Houwers DJ, et al. Agglutinating antibodies against pathogenic Leptospira in healthy dogs and horses indicate common exposure and regular occurrence of subclinical infections. Veterinary Microbiology 2011; 148: 449-451.
10. Stoddard RA, et al. Detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. through TaqMan polymerase chain reaction targeting the LipL32 gene. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2009; 64: 247-255.