Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061302
Personal Author:
Jansen, Andreas ; Luge, Enno ; Guerra, Beatriz ; Wittschen, Petra ; Gruber, Achim D. ; ... More +
Jansen, Andreas ; Luge, Enno ; Guerra, Beatriz ; Wittschen, Petra ; Gruber, Achim D. ; Loddenkemper, Christoph ; Schneider, Thomas ; Lierz, Michael ; Ehlert, Derk ; Appel, Bernd ; Stark, Klaus ; Nöckler, Karsten Less -
Description:
We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires were detected in kidney tissues. Wild boars represent a potential source for human leptospirosis in urban environments.
Subject:
[+]
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Berlin
Disease Reservoirs
Dispatch
Female
Humans
Leptospirosis
Male
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serologic Tests
Sus Scrofa
Swine Diseases
Urban
Wildlife
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(5):739-742.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:29e5f4a4da4dc0f2bfa0abc8a7f0e24ff34f098519811b4c69239ea444ddf4e4
File Type:

Supporting Files

• 	06-1302-F1.gif	gif
  	06-1302-F1.jpg	jpeg
  	06-1302-F2.gif	gif
  	06-1302-F2.jpg	jpeg
  	06-1302.nxml	txt
  	license.txt	txt

More +