leptospirosis is one of the main causes of acute febrile illness and is presumed to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. cattle populations may be infected with serovars hardjo, pomona and grippotyphosa. infection with icterohaemorrhagiae, bratislava, hebdomadis, autumnalis, australis, sejroe, canicola and bataviae serovars also occurs. in this study, 200 serum samples were col...

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis that can infect buffaloes and other mammalians, it’s caused by Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Leptospira spp. The infection occurs through contact with urine or contaminated environment mucous membranes animals, disease has two phases: leptospiremia leptospiruria. objective this study was to determine frequency leptospirosis in state Paraná, Brazil, as...

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging tropical infectious disease [1], is an important zooanthroponotic disease spread-worldwide [2]. The spirochetes of the genus Leptospira is responsible of human and animal leptospirosis characterized as mild febrile illness to severe multiorgan failure, especially pulmonary hemorrhage and renal failure [3]. Pathogenic leptospires are highly motile and invasive spir...

leptospirosis is one of the zoonotic diseases caused by different serovars of the species leptospira interrogans .  the source of infection in humans is usually either direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected animals.  in this study, 400 human blood samples collected from tribal areas of farsan and koohrang cities in west centeral iran.  the serum samples were analyzed employing mi...