Fatal rodentborne leptospirosis in prison inmates, South Africa, 2015

Kovashnee Naidoo; Mark Moseley; Kerrigan McCarthy; Ruvimbo Chingonzoh; Charlene Lawrence; Grace M. Setshedi; John Frean; Jennifer Rossouw

doi:10.3201/eid2605.191132

Fatal rodentborne leptospirosis in prison inmates, South Africa, 2015

Kovashnee Naidoo
, Mark Moseley
, Kerrigan McCarthy
, Ruvimbo Chingonzoh
, Charlene Lawrence
, Grace M. Setshedi
, John Frean
, Jennifer Rossouw

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Abstract

Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease. In 2015, leptospirosis was diagnosed in 2 prison inmates in South Africa. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing, we identified Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae in rodents and water samples within the prison. Leptospirosis might be frequently underdiagnosed in South Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1033-1035
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191132
Publication status	Print publication - May 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Animals
Leptospira interrogans/genetics
Leptospira/genetics
Leptospirosis/diagnosis
Prisons
Serogroup
South Africa/epidemiology
Zoonoses/epidemiology

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Fatal rodentborne leptospirosis in prison inmates, South Africa, 2015

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