| analysis of the 1998 outbreak of leptospirosis in missouri in humans exposed to infected swine. | to determine the extent of leptospirosis in persons exposed to infected swine, confirm the source of disease, define risk factors for infection, and identify means for preventing additional infections during an outbreak in missouri in 1998. | 2000 | 10707682 |
| hematology, parasitology, and serology of free-ranging coyotes (canis latrans) from south carolina. | blood and feces were collected from 34 adult (19 males, 15 females) and seven juvenile (three males, one female, three not reported) free-ranging coyotes (canis latrans) on the us department of energy's savannah river site (south carolina, usa). significant (p<0.05) hematologic differences by sex were noted for red blood cell counts, hemoglobin, and hematocrit. biochemical differences by sex occurred only for albumen (p<0.05). twenty-one adults were antibody positive for at least one of four vir ... | 2009 | 19617502 |
| geographical dissemination of leptospira interrogans serovar pomona during seasonal migration of california sea lions. | leptospirosis is one of the most widespread bacterial zoonoses in the world and affects most mammalian species. although leptospirosis is well documented and characterized in terrestrial species, less information is available regarding the distribution and impact of leptospirosis in marine mammals. additionally, the role of animal migrations on the geographical spread of leptospirosis has not been reported. periodic epizootic outbreaks of acute leptospirosis among california sea lions (zalophus ... | 2009 | 19186009 |
| outbreak of leptospirosis among white-water rafters--costa rica, 1996. | on october 15, 1996, a physician notified the illinois department of public health about five patients with an unknown febrile illness who had returned from a white-water rafting trip on flooded rivers in costa rica during september 27-28, 1996. the five patients had been members of a white-water rafting expedition involving 26 rafters from five states, the district of columbia, and costa rica. this report summarizes the findings of the multistate investigation conducted by the illinois departme ... | 1997 | 9214567 |