Publication: Potentially pathogenic leptospira species isolated from a waterfall in Thailand
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2018-01-01
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Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. Vol.71, No.1 (2018), 65-67
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Somjit Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan, Sarin Suwanpakdee, Nareerat Sangkachai, Tatiyanuch Chamsai, Kanokwan Taruyanon, Metawee Thongdee Potentially pathogenic leptospira species isolated from a waterfall in Thailand. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. Vol.71, No.1 (2018), 65-67. doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.363 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/47107
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Potentially pathogenic leptospira species isolated from a waterfall in Thailand
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© 2018, National Institute of Health. All rights reserved. We collected water and soil samples from a waterfall in Thailand to investigate the presence of potentially pathogenic Leptospira. Isolation of Leptospira from all the 17 environmental samples was successful. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, a diverse group of Leptospira species was recovered from waterfall samples including 2 pathogenic species (Leptospira alstonii [5/17, 29%] and Leptospira kmetyi [1/17, 6%]); 1 intermediate species (Leptospira wolffii [9/17, 53%]); and 2 non-pathogenic species (Leptospira meyeri [1/17, 6%] and Leptospira idonii [1/17, 6%]). The high prevalence of pathogenic and intermediate Leptospira indicates that a waterfall may serve as a natural reservoir of possible pathogens of leptospirosis.