PMID: 3770149Mar 1, 1986Paper

Serosurvey on the presence of leptospiral agglutinins in humans in Northern Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology
D CrevatinM Cinco

Abstract

The article reports data concerning a serosurvey carried out in the province of Gorizia as a part of a research project sponsored by the National Research Council (CNR) on the epidemiological status of leptospirosis in Northern Italy. Microagglutination tests have been carried out on sera taken from randomly chosen healthy people and from humans exposed to occupational hazards, at a representing sample size for each category. The results have shown 8.29% agglutinin prevalence in healthy people, serovars bratislava, sejroe and canicola being predominant. Prevalence agglutinin rates were higher in meat workers (11.76%), sweepers (16.66%) and breeders (40%); in the latter category antibodies to Leptospira hardjo have been found out; this is the first reported instance of human contamination by L. hardjo in Italy.

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Jan 1, 1992·European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology·G CarusoF de Lalla
Jun 1, 1994·European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology·D TorreG Bonetta
Dec 1, 1989·FEMS Microbiology Immunology·M CincoH Korver
Jun 1, 1996·European Journal of Epidemiology·C Dastis-BendalaT Pumarola-Suñe
Jul 1, 1995·Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology·B LévesqueB Duval
Apr 1, 1991·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·R LupidiP E Varaldo

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