Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574

. 2010 Jun;82(6):1127-30.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574.

Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh

Emily A Kendall¹, Regina C LaRocque, Duy M Bui, Renee Galloway, Mary D Ari, Doli Goswami, Robert F Breiman, Stephen Luby, W Abdullah Brooks

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DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574

Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh

Emily A Kendall et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun.

. 2010 Jun;82(6):1127-30.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574.

Authors

Emily A Kendall¹, Regina C LaRocque, Duy M Bui, Renee Galloway, Mary D Ari, Doli Goswami, Robert F Breiman, Stephen Luby, W Abdullah Brooks

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. e.a.kendall@vanderbilt.edu

PMID: 20519612
PMCID: PMC2877423
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0574

Abstract

We tested paired sera from 584 febrile persons in an low-income urban community in Bangladesh for evidence of Leptospira infection. A total of 8.4% of the persons met criteria for definite or probable infection. Persons with leptospirosis were older than those with undifferentiated fever in this population. The dominant infecting serogroups in Bangladesh differed from serogroups commonly reported in nearby regions.

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[1] Vinetz JM, Glass GE, Flexner CE, Mueller P, Kaslow DC. Sporadic urban leptospirosis. Ann Intern Med. 1996;125:794–798. - PubMed

[2] Vinetz JM, Glass GE, Flexner CE, Mueller P, Kaslow DC. Sporadic urban leptospirosis. Ann Intern Med. 1996;125:794–798. - PubMed

[3] Reis RB, Ribeiro GS, Felzemburgh RD, Santana FS, Mohr S, Melendez AX, Queiroz A, Santos AC, Ravines RR, Tassinari WS, Carvalho MS, Reis MG, Ko AI. Impact of environment and social gradient on leptospira infection in urban slums. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2:e228. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Reis RB, Ribeiro GS, Felzemburgh RD, Santana FS, Mohr S, Melendez AX, Queiroz A, Santos AC, Ravines RR, Tassinari WS, Carvalho MS, Reis MG, Ko AI. Impact of environment and social gradient on leptospira infection in urban slums. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2:e228. - PMC - PubMed

[5] McBride AJ, Athanazio DA, Reis MG, Ko AI. Leptospirosis. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2005;18:376–386. - PubMed

[6] McBride AJ, Athanazio DA, Reis MG, Ko AI. Leptospirosis. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2005;18:376–386. - PubMed

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[8] Sasaki DM, Pang L, Minette HP, Wakida CK, Fujimoto WJ, Manea SJ, Kunioka R, Middleton CR. Active surveillance and risk factors for leptospirosis in Hawaii. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993;48:35–43. - PubMed

[9] Leal-Castellanos CB, Garcia-Suarez R, Gonzalez-Figueroa E, Fuentes-Allen JL, Escobedo-de la Penal J. Risk factors and the prevalence of leptospirosis infection in a rural community of Chiapas, Mexico. Epidemiol Infect. 2003;131:1149–1156. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Leal-Castellanos CB, Garcia-Suarez R, Gonzalez-Figueroa E, Fuentes-Allen JL, Escobedo-de la Penal J. Risk factors and the prevalence of leptospirosis infection in a rural community of Chiapas, Mexico. Epidemiol Infect. 2003;131:1149–1156. - PMC - PubMed

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