Leptospirosis in man, in wild and in domestic animals at waste disposal sites in Cairo.
The authors examined 65 Rattus rattus, 28 pigs, 12 donkeys, 67 goats, 5 sheep, 1 cow and 1 dog as well as 196 inhabitants at two settlements on the waste disposal sites at the periphery of Cairo. Rattus norvegicus were positive in 55.4% for L. ictero-haemorrhagiae, pigs in 14.3% for L. pomona and in 3.6% for L. ictero-haemorrhagiae. 2 out of 12 donkeys were positive for L. pomona, 1 of them for L. pyrogenes and L. icterohaemorrhagiae as well, goats in 1.5% for L. grippotyphosa. Human sera reacted positively in 8.7% of the cases, 7.1% of which with L. bratislava, 1.0% with L. icterohaemorrhagiae and 0.5% with L. grippotyphosa and L. sejroe respectively.
Sebek
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National Reference Laboratory for Leptospirosis, Jihlava, CSSR.
Sixl
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Valova
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Schaffler
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000276:immunology*; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000276:immunology*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004534:Egypt; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D051381:Rats; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012703:Serotyping; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000453:epidemiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial