Fatal Rodentborne Leptospirosis in Prison Inmates, South Africa, 2015.

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease. In 2015, leptospirosis was diagnosed in 2 prison inmates in South Africa. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing, we identified Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae in rodents and water samples within the prison. Leptospirosis might be frequently underdiagnosed in South Africa.

SUBMITTER: Naidoo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature