ArticleBMC research notes2017
Identification of cattle, buffaloes and rodents as reservoir animals of Leptospira in the District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka.
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- Evidence of orthohantavirus and leptospira infections in small mammals in an endemic area of Gampaha district in Sri Lanka.One health outlook · 2022Article
- Ecology and distribution of Leptospira spp., reservoir hosts and environmental interaction in Sri Lanka, with identification of a new strain.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Leptospirosis in rats and livestock in Bantul and Gunungkidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Veterinary world · 2022Article
- Ecological and Socio-Economic Determinants of Livestock Animal Leptospirosis in the Russian Arctic.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- An Observational Study of Human Leptospirosis in Seychelles.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Observational
- Multilocus sequence typing reveals diverse known and novel genotypes of Leptospira spp. circulating in Sri Lanka.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Leptospira serogroups in buffaloes from the Brazilian Amazon.Veterinary medicine and science · 2020Article
- Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in an endemic mixed urban and semi-urban setting-A community-based study in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
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- Leptospira infection in rats: A literature review of global prevalence and distribution.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundLeptospirosis is an important emerging infectious disease in Sri Lanka. Rats are the most important reservoir of Leptospira but domestic and wild mammals may also act as important maintenance or accidental hosts. In Sri Lanka, knowledge of reservoir animals of leptospires is poor. The objective of this study was to identify potential reservoir animals of Leptospira in the District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka.
findingsBlood and kidney samples were collected from 38 rodents and mid-stream urine samples were randomly collected from 45 cattle and five buffaloes in the District of Gampaha. Kidney and urine samples were tested by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serum samples were tested by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Of the 38 rodent kidney samples, 11% (4/38) were positive by real-time PCR. The prevalence of leptospiral carriage was 11% (3/26) and 8% (1/12) in female and male rodents, respectively. Three rodent serum samples were positive by MAT. Of the 50 cattle/buffalo urine samples tested, 10% (5/50) were positive by real-time PCR. The prevalence of leptospiral carriage was 9% (4/45) and 20% (1/5) in cattle and buffaloes, respectively.
conclusionResults of PCR and MAT showed that Leptospira were present in a significant proportion of the rodents and farm animals tested in this study and suggest that these (semi-) domestic animals form an infection reservoir for Leptospira. Therefore, there is a potential zoonotic risk to public health, most notably to farmers in this area.
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