Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran
Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Leptospira spp. Earlier studies from North Khorasan province (Iran) reported the presence of Leptospira in wild canines and rodents. To date, there is no data on the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among humans in this province. This...
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author | Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad Arzamani, Kourosh Abdollahpour, Gholamreza Beheshti, Nazanin Alavinia, Mohammad Azimian, Amir Neela, Vasantha Kumari Van Belkum, Alex Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed |
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description | Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Leptospira spp. Earlier studies from North Khorasan province (Iran) reported the presence of Leptospira in wild canines and rodents. To date, there is no data on the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among humans in this province. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of human leptospiral infection among people with different occupations. The study was conducted in urban and rural areas of the province. Among the serum samples collected from 278 subjects, 3 (1.1%) showed positive reaction with titer of 1:100 by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Positive reactions were detected against Leptospira interrogans Canicola and L. interrogans icterohemorrhagic and all these samples were from livestock farmers (n = 3/106, 2.7%). The current study revealed that, though Leptospira infection is low in North Khorasan province, regular monitoring of the livestock and the farmers are important. |
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spelling | upm.eprints-950492023-02-22T09:12:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95049/ Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad Arzamani, Kourosh Abdollahpour, Gholamreza Beheshti, Nazanin Alavinia, Mohammad Azimian, Amir Neela, Vasantha Kumari Van Belkum, Alex Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Leptospira spp. Earlier studies from North Khorasan province (Iran) reported the presence of Leptospira in wild canines and rodents. To date, there is no data on the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among humans in this province. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of human leptospiral infection among people with different occupations. The study was conducted in urban and rural areas of the province. Among the serum samples collected from 278 subjects, 3 (1.1%) showed positive reaction with titer of 1:100 by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Positive reactions were detected against Leptospira interrogans Canicola and L. interrogans icterohemorrhagic and all these samples were from livestock farmers (n = 3/106, 2.7%). The current study revealed that, though Leptospira infection is low in North Khorasan province, regular monitoring of the livestock and the farmers are important. Elsevier 2021 Article PeerReviewed Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad and Arzamani, Kourosh and Abdollahpour, Gholamreza and Beheshti, Nazanin and Alavinia, Mohammad and Azimian, Amir and Neela, Vasantha Kumari and Van Belkum, Alex and Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed (2021) Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran. Heliyon, 7 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2405-8440 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021000888?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e05983 |
spellingShingle | Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad Arzamani, Kourosh Abdollahpour, Gholamreza Beheshti, Nazanin Alavinia, Mohammad Azimian, Amir Neela, Vasantha Kumari Van Belkum, Alex Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Hamed Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title | Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title_full | Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title_fullStr | Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title_short | Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran |
title_sort | seroprevalence of leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in north khorasan province iran |
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