کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3421294 1594014 2008 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Leptospirosis in a subsistence farming community in Brazil
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
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Leptospirosis in a subsistence farming community in Brazil
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryLeptospirosis has been reported in rural areas of Brazil. However, there is limited information about the exposure risk or the risk of Leptospira infection for rural-based populations. A cross-sectional study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence and risk factors for prior Leptospira infection in a rural subsistence farming region of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, an area in which outbreaks of leptospirosis have occurred. Among 290 individuals enrolled, 44 (15.2%) had anti-Leptospira IgM antibodies as determined by IgM ELISA. Infection tended to occur with activities related to the rice fields (P = 0.08). Our findings indicate that Leptospira infection occurs even in years of low rainfall, and may have an important impact among poor rural-based subsistence farmers in Brazil. Additional studies are needed to characterize the mode of transmission in this region.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Volume 102, Issue 12, December 2008, Pages 1233–1238
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