Seroprevalence of leptospirosis and Japanese encephalitis in swine in ten provinces of Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease with a global distribution, affecting a wide range of mammalian animals and humans. Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is the major vector-borne zoonotic disease in the Asia-Pacific region. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of serovar-specific Leptospira and JE in swine from 10 provinces in Vietnam.

Methods

Samples were initially collected for swine influenza surveillance from March to April 2017 at large-scale farms (with at least 50 sows and/or 250 fattening pigs) with pigs that tested positive for influenza in the previous surveillance period (2015-16).

Findings

A total of 2,000 sera samples were analyzed from 10 provinces. Overall, the seroprevalence of leptospirosis was 21.0

SUBMITTER: Lee HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675114 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature