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19934544

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Leptospirosis has emerged as an important infectious disease in Sri Lanka and little information is available on circulating leptospiral species and serogroups in this country. Therefore, we studied circulating leptospiral species and serogroups in patients with acute febrile illness using polymerase chain reaction and the microscopic agglutination test, respectively. Anti-leptospiral antibodies were detected in 26 of 107 serum samples studied (24.3%). The predominant reacting serogroups were Sejroe (9/26, 34.6%) and Icterohaemorrhagiae (5/26, 19.2%). Leptospiral DNA was detected in 3 of the 107 serum samples. The deduced leptospiral species were Leptospira interrogans and L. kirschneri (2 and 1 samples, respectively). These results confirm the existence of a wide array of leptospiral species and serogroups in Sri Lanka and would help to thoroughly elucidate the epidemiology of leptospirosis in this country.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1344-6304
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
474-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Serological and genetic analysis of leptospirosis in patients with acute febrile illness in kandy, sri lanka.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. nkoizumi@nih.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article