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PubMed1970

The susceptibility of five species of wild animals to experimental infection with Leptospira grippotyphosa.

Five species of wild animals including opossums, Didelphis marsupialis, striped skunks, Mephitis mephitis, red, Vulpes vulpes, and gray foxes, Urocyon cinereoargenteus and raccoons, Procyon lotor, were inoculated intraperitoneally with varying numbers of Leptospira grippotyphosa, organisms. Clinical signs were not detected, however, leptospiremia, leptospiruria and antibodies for the homologous organism, were demonstrated. Lesions attributed to leptospirosis were observed in liver and kidney tissue of infected animals. Infections were demonstrated in 5 of 9 opossums, 3 of 9 striped skunks, 3 of 9 red foxes, none of the gray foxes, and 9 of 9 raccoons. Therefore, it would appear that under conditions of this experiment that raccoons were most, opossums moderately, and skunks and red foxes least susceptible; gray foxes were not susceptible.

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[Serologic investigation on the prevalence of Leptospira spp infection in occupationally exposed subjects].

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with a high in tropical regions. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present survey was to verify the occurrence of diffusion of leptospirosis infections in Eastern Sicily, in some groups (6 veterinarians, 34 farmers and 28 abattoir workers), who were considered at high occupational risk. METHODS: Serologic investigation were performed using the immunological method (Martin Petit test); the Leptospira serovars considered were: ictero-haemorrhagiae (Bianchi 1); canicola (Alarik); pomona (Mezzano 1); grippo-typhosa (Moskva V); bratislava (Riccio 2); sejroe (Topino 1); hardjo (Hardjoprajitno); saxkoebing (Mus 24). RESULTS: Contagion was observed in 16 subjects out of 68 (23.5%), and the anti-leptospira antibodies detected were canicola, hardjo, sejroe grippo-typhosa e ictero-haemorrhagiae. CONCLUSIONS: The authors stress the importance carrying out periodic health surveillance in subjects working in wet and contaminated environments or who are continuously in contact with animals receptive to infections. The present study also confirms the need to adopt preventive measures such as vaccines, and control programs for activities at high risk.

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[Leptospirosis in the Republic of Mordovia].

Over 45 years, anthropurgic foci of Leptospira infection have been differently active in the Republic of Mordovia; in its population, the incidence of leptospiroses being greater than the average federal rates. The peak incidence of leptospirosis was observed at 10-11-year intervals: 1962-1963, 1971-1972, 1983, 1994-1995, 2001-2002 when outbreak and group morbidity were registered. There were 2.6- and 2.4-fold seasonal rises in morbidity in June to September with its peak in July-August, respectively. Cases of infection were notified in all the districts and towns of the republic, and in all landscape-environmental areas; group and outbreak incidence was found in 6 districts and environs of the town of Saransk in 1997-2002. Males aged 20-49 years are a group of risk for Leptospira infection; its incidence rates in age groups 0-14 and above 60 years are less than the average republican ones. Children (aged 0-14 years) and adolescents (aged 15-19 years) actively participate and determine outbreak and group mortality rates. Infection occurs most frequently while bathing in open water reservoirs, while using water from other water springs, going to the forest to pick mushrooms, berries, etc., while being engaged in laying in hay, fodder, and other feeds for animals. During registration of infection in Mordovia, the etiological pattern of human leptospirosis constantly changed, in 1992-2002 there were prevalent diseases caused by Grippotyphosa (60.96%), Canicola (7.12%), Seiroe (6.73%), Australis (6.54%), and Cynopteri (5.96%), in 1997-2002, the proportion of Australis (11.2%) increased and that of Canicola (4.7%) decreased. The leptospira serogroups Icterohaemorrhagiae, Tarassovi, Seiroe were prevalent animals. There was no correlation of the etiological environment of leptospiras isolated from agricultural animals and human beings in 1997-2002, which proves the leading role of natural leptospirosis foci and rodents as a source of infection.

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PubMed1981

Adult respiratory distress syndrome in Leptospira canicola infection.

A man was admitted to the Johannesburg Hospital with a history of fever, diarrhoea, and dry cough for four days. He began to produce bloodstained sputum and was found to have severe arterial hypoxaemia. Radiography showed widespread opacification over both lung fields, and the clinical and haemodynamic features were consistent with the adult respiratory distress syndrome. Serology for Leptospira canicola was positive. Despite antibiotics, supportive therapy, and ventilation the patient died. Necropsy excluded cardiac disease. This case shows that leptospirosis may cause the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

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PubMed2004

[Estimation of transmission hazard of Leptospira Sp. infections in 2 groups of people].

The aim of the study was to determine the possible risk of the leptospiral transmission from animals to humans. 457 humans (both men and women) were divided into 2 groups: 1) of possible high risk infection consisted of people dealing as farm workers with cattle and pigs 2) of possible low risk infection consisted of people selected randomly. The animals on the farms were previously tested and found positive. All sera were examined using micro-agglutination test (MAT) with a battery of 18 serovars. The statistical evaluation of the results was performed using chi 2 test. The infection rate in I group was 13.79% and in II group was 1.5%. (p < or = 0.001). Sera of I group reacted with 7 serovars (sejroe, bratislava, canicola, tarassovi, bataviae, celledoni, patoc) and of II with 3 (hebdomadis, sejroe, hardjo). The infection rate in the group I was over 9 times higher than in group II. Thus dealing with infected animals is a high risk factor.

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PubMed1991

Comparison of protective effects with tetra-valent glycolipid antigens and whole cell-inactivated vaccine in experimental infection of Leptospira.

The protective antigens (PAgs), glycolipid substance, were extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovars autumnalis, hebdomadis, australis and copenhageni, which were considered as main causal serovars of human leptospirosis in Japan, with chloroform-methanol-water (1:2:0.8, [vol/vol/vol]) solution. The tetra-valent formalin-inactivated leptospiral vaccine (Weil's disease and Akiyami combined vaccine) composed of the four serovars mentioned are used as vaccine to protect human from leptospiral infection in Japan. The protective effect, agglutinating antibody-inducing activity and opsonin-inducing activity of tetra-valent PAgs were compared with those of vaccines now in use, which were supplied by two companies, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., and Denka-Seiken Co., in Japan. The tetra-valent PAgs which contained 10 micrograms of each PAg protected hamsters and cyclophosphamide-treated mice from lethal infection of serovar copenhageni and induced agglutinating antibodies against the four serovars in the same degrees as vaccines. These results suggested that the tetra-valent PAgs might be useful as a component vaccine against leptospiral infection instead of formalized whole cells vaccines for human.

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PubMed1991

Survey to estimate prevalence of Leptospira interrogans infection in mature cattle in the United States.

A total of 5,142 kidney tissue samples and 5,111 serum samples from mature cattle in 49 states and Puerto Rico were collected at slaughter. Age of cattle ranged from 1 to 16 years (mean, 6.6 years). Leptospires were isolated from 88 (1.7%) kidney tissues, and 2,493 (49%) sera contained antibodies against 1 or more of 12 Leptospira interrogans serovars. Leptospires were observed by immunofluorescence in 41 (0.8%) kidney tissues. Using agglutinin-absorption tests, 73 (83%) isolates were identified as serovar hardjo, 11 (12.5%) as serovar pomona, and 4 (4.5%) as serovar grippotyphosa. By use of restriction endonuclease analysis studies of chromosomal DNA, all isolates differed from reference serovars but were identical to strains previously isolated from cattle or swine in the United States. Of the serovar hardjo isolates, 85% were identical to restriction endonuclease analysis type (genotype) hardjo-bovis A and 11 (15%) were identical to genotype hardjo-bovis B. Serovar pomona isolates were identical to genotypes kennewicki A (64%) or kennewicki B (36%), and serovar grippotyphosa isolates were identical to the RM 52 strain. Isolation rates were significantly (P less than 0.001) higher for beef cattle than for dairy cattle and were higher (P less than 0.001) for bulls than for cows. Combined culture and immunofluorescence results indicated that 2% of mature cattle were renal carriers of leptospires.

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PubMed2005

Serological evidence of the persistence of infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo in cattle in Mongolia.

Serum samples were collected randomly from Mongol breed cattle in three geographically distinct provinces of Mongolia. Antibodies specific to Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo were detected by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) at titres of 100 or more in 80.4% (86/107) of the samples from Dornod Province, but in only 28.9% (13/45) in Arkhangai and 23.5% (12/51) in Khuvsgul Provinces, respectively. Treatment of 9 serum samples from Dornod, positive to serovar Hardjo in MAT and negative in the homologous immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), with 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) indicated that those animals were recently infected.

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PubMed1974

Intracutaneous infection with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (Shibaura strain) of the guinea pig.

Experimental leptospirosis with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae Shibaura strain was studied in guinea pigs. When the pathogen was inoculated intracutaneously to the back of the animals, localized haemorrhage was observed at the inoculated site before the appearance of general haemorrhage. The severity of the local lesion increased progressively until the 7th day of inoculation. The minimum infective dose (MID) or the 50% infective dose (ID50) of the leptospiral suspension was determined by the appearance of the macroscopic local haemorrhage 7 days after inoculation. The MID thus determined was almost comparable with the value determined by the development of general symptoms and signs by conventional ip inoculation. The number of the pathogen per ID50 varied between 6 and 35 in five experiments. The local haemorrhage was effectively protected by active or passive immunization. Microscopically, haemorrhage at the inoculated site was found mainly in the dermis, directly beneath the epidermis in particular, and accompanied with leakage of the pathogen. The pathogen was also detected abunduntly in the thickened epidermal layer covering the inoculated area as well as in the epithelial matrix of hair-follicle, probably due to the proliferation of the pathogen at the site.

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PubMed1992

Development of a control strategy for Leptospira hardjo infection in a closed beef herd.

Serological evidence of infection with a leptospire belonging to the Sejroe serogroup was identified in a closed population of Luing cattle in the west of Scotland, and the geographical isolation of the population presented an opportunity to control and possibly eradicate the infection in a large beef herd farmed under extensive conditions. Serological and bacteriological studies revealed that infection was present at a high level throughout the herd, and that the infecting serovar was hardjo. Unlike endemic hardjo infection in dairy herds, new infections were still occurring in older age-groups. Investigations of other domestic and free-living species sharing the habitat demonstrated that the maintenance of an endemic focus of hardjo was restricted to the cattle. Changes in management to prevent the transmission of infection to successive cohorts of young animals were impractical and risky, and antibiotic treatment followed by removal to clean pasture failed to prevent new cases. Thus vaccination offered the only means of control and possible eradication, and the epidemiological characteristics of the infection dictated that the programme be applied to the whole herd.

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