2021
Spatial and Simultaneous Seroprevalence of Anti-Leptospira Antibodies in Owners and Their Domiciled Dogs in a Major City of Southern Brazil
do Nascimento Benitez A, Monica T, Miura A, Romanelli M, Giordano L, Freire R, Mitsuka-Breganó R, Martins C, Biondo A, Serrano I, Lopes T, Reis R, Gomes J, Costa F, Wunder E, Ko A, Navarro I. Spatial and Simultaneous Seroprevalence of Anti-Leptospira Antibodies in Owners and Their Domiciled Dogs in a Major City of Southern Brazil. Frontiers In Veterinary Science 2021, 7: 580400. PMID: 33490126, PMCID: PMC7820180, DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.580400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk factorsAnti-Leptospira antibodiesLogistic regression analysisRisk of infectionDog casesPositive dogsHigh titersSerogroup CanicolaInfectionSeropositivityHuman casesDogsFrequent serogroupsSame titerCanicolaTitersGreater likelihoodRegression analysisSeroprevalenceCase distributionSame householdDog ownersAntibodiesPresent studySerogroups
2019
Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Rodent Reservoirs of Leptospirosis in an Urban Community of Puerto Rico, 2015
Briskin EA, Casanovas-Massana A, Ryff KR, Morales-Estrada S, Hamond C, Perez-Rodriguez NM, Benavidez KM, Weinberger DM, Castro-Arellano I, Wunder EA, Sharp TM, Rivera-Garcia B, Ko AI. Seroprevalence, Risk Factors, and Rodent Reservoirs of Leptospirosis in an Urban Community of Puerto Rico, 2015. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2019, 220: 1489-1497. PMID: 31342075, PMCID: PMC6761939, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsAnti-Leptospira antibodiesBurden of leptospirosisRisk of infectionMicroscopic agglutination testCross-sectional surveyQuantitative polymerase chain reactionSeropositive individualsPrevious infectionPolymerase chain reactionLeptospira infectionLeptospira carriageSerogroup IcterohaemorrhagiaeHigh titersStudy participantsAgglutination testLeptospira exposurePathogenic LeptospiraInfectionRodent reservoirsChain reactionAntibodiesRodent trappingSeroprevalenceCommunity sites