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Leptospirosis in Urbanized Wild Boars, Berlin, Germany (2007)

Art

Vortrag

Autoren

Nöckler, K.

Stark, K

Appel, B.

Lierz, M

Schneider, T

Loddenkemper, C

Gruber, A D (WE 12)

Wittschen, P (WE 12)

Guerra, B.

Luge, E

Jansen, A.

Kongress

International Meeting on Emerging Diseases

Wien (Österrreich), 24.02.2007

Quelle

Sprache

Englisch

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 15
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires were detected in kidney tissues. Wild boars represent a potential source for human leptospirosis in urban environments.