| seroprevalence of leptospirosis in domesticated asian elephants (elephas maximus) in north and west thailand in 2004. | serum samples from asian elephants (elephas maximus) in the kanchanaburi, chiang mai and lampang provinces of thailand were tested using the microscopic agglutination test against 22 serovars of leptospira interrogans. a titre of more than 1:100 was used as evidence of infection. in northern thailand, the seroprevalence was 58 per cent and the prevalent serovars were leptospira interrogans serovar sejroe, leptospira interrogans serovar tarassovi, leptospira interrogans serovar ranarum and leptos ... | 2007 | 17369477 |
| survey of leptospirosis of small mammals in thailand. | during 1999-2000, kidney tissues of approximately 15% of 1310 rodents trapped from northeastern provinces of thailand were tested for the presence of leptospires. our direct immunofluorescent assay (dfa) for detection of leptospires showed 100% sensitivity and 94% specificity with the culture data. both methods identified r. norvegicus as the highest source of infection. among isolated leptospira, 137 were serotyped by cross agglutinin absorption and/or a microscopic agglutination, and gave some ... | 2005 | 16610655 |