Leptospira infection in animals and humans: a potential public health risk in India
Leptospira infection in animals and humans: a potential public health risk in India
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DOI：
10.20506/rst.27.3.1847
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
Rehaman, H.
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作者：
Gangadhar, N. L.;Prabhudas, K.;Rehaman, H.
钩端螺旋体病是世界上最常见的人畜共患传染病之一。在印度，动物为农业提供了牵引力，农业是人口的主要职业，动物和人之间的钩端螺旋体病的发病率很高。本文报道了从印度几个地区的人和动物宿主中分离的致病性钩端螺旋体。由于国内血清分型设施有限，大多数分离株仅分型到血清组水平。此外，潜在的钩端螺旋体病是一个严重的公共卫生问题在印度进行了讨论。
Leptospirosis is recognised as one of the commonest zoonotic infections in the world.In India, where animals provide the draught power for agriculture, which is the main profession of the population, the incidence of leptospirosis among animals and humans is high.In this paper, the isolation of pathogenic leptospires from human and animal hosts from several parts of India is reported. Because there are only limited facilities for serotyping within the country, most of the isolates were typed to the serogroup level only. In addition, the potential of leptospirosis to be a serious public health problem in India is discussed.