Common infecting leptospiral serovars in and around Pune, Maharashtra.
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| ID: sea-20979
ABSTRACT
Leptospirosis is a disease with protean manifestations. The present study was conducted in Pune to examine the possibility of leptospiral infection among a group of patients with fever of undetermined origin and to identify the common infecting serovars. Serological evidence of leptospirosis was found in 22 of the 118 (18.6%) patients with the help of microagglutination test (MAT) using a battery of 9 antigens. The serovars responsible for infection included autumnalis in eight cases, copenhageni in six, pomona in three, grippotyphosa in two and australis, batavia and canicola in one case each. Thus, there appears to be a focus of leptospirosis in and around Pune with autumnalis and copenhagni as the common infecting serovars.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Agglutination Tests
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Serotyping
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Child
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Retrospective Studies
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India
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Leptospira interrogans
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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