title: Results of leptospirosis examinations of human sera from El Salvador.
abstract: The authors examined 984 human sera for leptospirosis with the serovars from 15 serogroups serologically in 15 localities of El Salvador. In 17.5% of the sera the following reactions were found with serovars of 13 serogroups: Australis 6.8%, Pomona 5.5%, Grippotyphosa 3.2%, Icterohaemorrhagiae and Tarassovi each 2.1%, Javanica, Canicola, Pyrogenes, Cynopteri, Autumnalis, Sejroe, Hebdomadis, Bataviae, Shermani, between 0.2%-1.4%. Men showed a 18.5% and women 17.0% positive reaction. Positivity increases with an increase in age, an increase was shown from 11.5% in the group of up to 10 years, to 40.4% in the group of 51 to 60 years, in the last age group of over 60 years a decrease was shown of 34.7%. In 8 localities we were able to compare the serological positivity of the population, the highest percentages were found in Fey Esperanza 35.1%, San Jose de la Montana 31.6% and Domus Maria 27.8%, the lowest in Credisa 6.4% and Ametepec 7.6%.
authors.affiliation: District-Hygiene-Station, JIHLAVA/CSSR.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sebek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sixl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valova
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Linck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Köck
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Reinthaler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004544:El Salvador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial