title: Leptospira species in floodwater during the 2011 floods in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand.
abstract: Floodwater samples (N = 110) collected during the 2011 Bangkok floods were tested for Leptospira using culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR); 65 samples were PCR-positive for putatively non-pathogenic Leptospira species, 1 sample contained a putatively pathogenic Leptospira, and 6 samples contained Leptospira clustering phylogenetically with the intermediate group. The low prevalence of pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira in floodwater was consistent with the low number of human leptospirosis cases reported to the Bureau of Epidemiology in Thailand. This study provides baseline information on environmental Leptospira in Bangkok together with a set of laboratory tests that could be readily deployed in the event of future flooding.
authors.forename: Janjira
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thaipadungpanit
authors.forename: Vanaporn
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wuthiekanun
authors.forename: Narisara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chantratita
authors.forename: Surapon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yimsamran
authors.forename: Premjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amornchai
authors.forename: Siriphan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boonsilp
authors.forename: Wanchai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maneeboonyang
authors.forename: Prapin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tharnpoophasiam
authors.forename: Natnaree
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saiprom
authors.forename: Yuvadee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mahakunkijcharoen
authors.forename: Nicholas P J
authors.initials: NPJ
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Pratap
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singhasivanon
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
authors.forename: Direk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Limmathurotsakul
mesh_terms: D055868:Floods; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014871:Water Microbiology