Fatal Rodentborne Leptospirosis in Prison Inmates, South Africa, 2015

Fatal Rodentborne Leptospirosis in Prison Inmates, South Africa, 2015

Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease. In 2015, leptospirosis was diagnosed in 2 prison inmates in South Africa. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing, we identified Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae in rodents and water samples within the prison. Leptospirosis might be f...

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Main Authors: Kovashnee Naidoo, Mark Moseley, Kerrigan McCarthy, Ruvimbo Chingonzoh, Charlene Lawrence, Grace M. Setshedi, John Frean, Jennifer Rossouw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Zoonoses
invasive hosts
molecular epidemiology
public health
outbreak
prison
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-1132_article

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