title: Epidemiology of an outbreak of leptospirosis in man and dog.
abstract: An outbreak of leptospirosis in man and dog occurred during the monsoon in Madras city, India. 48 (50.5%) of the 95 human sera tested were positive for leptospirosis. Of these, 32 showed the presence of agglutinin to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae. 20 (21.3%) of the 94 canine sera tested were positive for leptospirosis. Of these, 10 had agglutinins to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae and 9 to serovar canicola. Among murine reservoirs, 8 (25%) of 32 rat sera and 10 (41.6%) of 24 bandicoot sera were positive. Bandicoot and rat sera contained 70 and 50% of agglutinins to serovar icterohaemorrhagiae, respectively. Urine culture lead to isolate a icterohaemorrhagiae strain from a patient and a canicola one from a dog. The changing trends of epidemiology in the transmission of leptospirosis to man and dog has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, India.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Venkataraman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nedunchelliyan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000382:microbiology; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies