CURRENT STATUS OF URBAN LEPTOSPIROSIS IN ANIMAL POPULATION AND ITS PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE.
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Date
2015
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TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
A study was conducted to identify the current status of urban leptospirosis
in animal and human population covering different locations in Tamil Nadu by
antigen detection method (Dark field microscopy and Polymerase Chain
Reaction) and antibody detection (microscopic agglutination test and a developed
in house i-ELISA). A total of 931 samples comprising of 118 Canine (serum- 108
and urine -10), 161 bovine (serum- 102, urine- 49, milk-3 and aborted contents-7),
156 equine (serum-152 and urine-4), 153 rodent (serum-60, urine-33 and kidney
tissue-60), 177 swine serum and 166 human serum were collected from different
locations in Tamil Nadu. All samples were collected from animals/human of
unknown disease status.
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TNV_TH_2015_MVM13037
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Veterinary Science, Veterinary Public Health