Publication: Short report: Leptospira species in floodwater during the 2011 floods in the bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand
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2013-10-01
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00029637
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.89, No.4 (2013), 794-796
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Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Narisara Chantratita, Surapon Yimsamran, Premjit Amornchai, Siriphan Boonsilp, Wanchai Maneeboonyang, Prapin Tharnpoophasiam, Natnaree Saiprom, Yuvadee Mahakunkijcharoen, Nicholas P.J. Day, Pratap Singhasivanon, Sharon J. Peacock, Direk Limmathurotsakul Short report: Leptospira species in floodwater during the 2011 floods in the bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.89, No.4 (2013), 794-796. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0124 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31864
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Short report: Leptospira species in floodwater during the 2011 floods in the bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand
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Floodwater samples (N = 110) collected during the 2011 Bangkok floods were tested for Leptospira using culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR); 65 samples were PCR-positive for putatively non-pathogenic Leptospira species, 1 sample contained a putatively pathogenic Leptospira, and 6 samples contained Leptospira clustering phylogenetically with the intermediate group. The low prevalence of pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira in floodwater was consistent with the low number of human leptospirosis cases reported to the Bureau of Epidemiology in Thailand. This study provides baseline information on environmental Leptospira in Bangkok together with a set of laboratory tests that could be readily deployed in the event of future flooding. Copyright © 2013 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.