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ArticlePloS one2024

Mixed Leptospira infections in domestic animals from a rural community with high leptospirosis endemicity.

Pamela Mosquera, Lorena Mejia, Gabriela Ortiz, Giuliana Pazmino, Talima Pearson, Verónica Barragán, Gabriel Trueba

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Pamela MosqueraInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Lorena MejiaInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-7600-6543
Gabriela OrtizInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Giuliana PazminoInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0009-0004-5092-9122
Talima PearsonPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America.
Verónica BarragánInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-2205-3010
Gabriel TruebaInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.

Funding

Leptospira prevalence, cycling, and infection in the peridomestic environmentR01AI172924 · NIAID · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · PI Talima Ross Pearson · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLeptospirosis is one of the most common zoonoses in the world which is associated with a severe febrile disease in humans causing a variety of syndromes including meningitis, interstitial nephritis, hepatitis, and sometimes death. Leptospirosis is caused by different pathogenic Leptospira species divided into almost 30 serogroups and more than 300 serovars which are carried by some animal asymptomatic chronic infections. Humans can become infected through direct contact with animal urine or indirectly by coming into contact with fresh water or mud contaminated with urine. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsIn this research, we looked for leptospiral DNA in urine samples from dogs living in a rural, low-income and highly endemic community in the coast of Ecuador. We used molecular biology and next-generation sequencing for the detection. Our results showed evidence of two Leptospira species, L interrogans and L. santarosai, genomes in three dogs. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: It has been widely known that animal carriers are typically infected with a single leptospiral strain. However, recent reports, including the present one, indicate that carrier animals may be coinfected with two or more leptospiral species.

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Dog DiseasesLeptospiraLeptospirosisRural PopulationAnimalsAnimals, DomesticCoinfectionDNA, BacterialDogsEcuadorEndemic DiseasesHumansDNA, Bacterial

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