Leptospirosis, one neglected disease in rural Senegal.

ABSTRACT: A serological study was carried out in two Senegalese villages located in the Sine-Saloum region in order to estimate the presence of anti-leptospiral antibodies in humans and animals, and to identify the predominant serogroups. Seven hundred and forty-nine serum samples were collected from humans (n = 545), dogs (n = 33), donkeys (n = 20), goats (n = 52), sheep (n = 43) and N'Dama cattle (n = 56), all originated from Dielmo and Ndiop villages. All samples were tested for different serovars of pathogenic Leptospira species by the microscopic agglutination test. Considering titres ≥ 1:100, 7.7% [CI 95:5.5 to 9.9] on the 545 human blood samples tested and 42.2% [CI₉₅ :35.4 to 48.9] on the 204 animal blood samples tested were found to be positive to one or more serovars. The result

SUBMITTER: Roqueplo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868498 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature