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PubMed1990

Skeletal and cardiac muscle involvement in severe, late leptospirosis.

Information is lacking on the prevalence and severity of cardiac and striated muscle injury in late leptospirosis, and it is unclear whether patients with one type of myositis are at increased risk of developing another. Therefore, 38 patients with severe, late Weil's disease were evaluated for heart and skeletal muscle involvement: 37% had myositis and 39% had abnormal electrocardiograms (ECGs). First-degree atrioventricular heart block and changes suggestive of acute pericarditis were the most common ECG findings. Two patients had transient pericardial friction rubs, but neither pericardial effusion, shock, nor congestive heart failure occurred. Cardiac involvement was not associated with skeletal muscle injury (P = .35), although both manifestations were correlated with severity of disease. Thus, ECG changes and myositis were prominent features of late Weil's disease but cardiac morbidity was not.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1979

Experimental infection of calves and sheep with Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica.

Two of four calves inoculated with Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica developed low microscopic agglutinating (MA) titres to serovar hardjo. A third calf had an MA titre of 1:1024 by day 19 post-inoculation (PI). Transient leptospiruria was recorded in one calf on days 12 and 13 PI. An in-contact calf did not seroconvert. None of the calves had fever or other clinical signs of disease. Four ewes inoculated with balcanica developed MA titres to hardjo by day 13 PI, and a transient leptospiruria between days 14 and 25 PI. None of the ewes showed any evidence of clinical disease and three of them delivered healthy lambs 22 to 64 days PI. One ewe had mild lesions of focal interstitial nephritis.

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PubMed2002

Wild animals as reservoirs of infectious diseases in the UK.

This review aims to illustrate the extent to which wildlife act as reservoirs of infectious agents that cause disease in domestic stock, pet and captive animals and humans. More than 40 agents are described. In the case of some of these, e.g. Cryptosporidium spp., Escherichia coli O157 and malignant catarrhal fever, the current evidence is that wildlife either does not act as a reservoir or is of limited importance. However, in the case of many important diseases, including bovine tuberculosis, Weil's disease, Lyme disease, avian influenza, duck virus enteritis and louping ill, wild animals are considered to be the principal source of infection. Wildlife may be involved in the epidemiology of other major diseases, such as neosporosis, Johne's disease, mucosal disease and foot and mouth disease, but further studies are needed. The UK would benefit from a more positive approach to the study of wildlife and the infections they harbour.

Animal Diseases↗
PubMed1982

Protection of pregnant swine by vaccination against Leptospira infection.

The protection conferred on pregnant gilts by 2 commercially available leptospira interrogans serovars pomona and tarassovi bacterins was evaluated. Gilts vaccinated either 3, 6 or 12 months prior to natural challenge with L. interrogans serovar pomona had significantly lower abortion rates (2% vs 69%) and foetal mortality rates (14% vs 57%) than unvaccinated controls. One vaccine was significantly superior to the other and contained approximately twice the number of L. interrogans serovar pomona organisms per vaccine dose. Neither vaccine protected against renal colonisation but vaccination reduced urinary excretion of leptospires. Both vaccines reduced agglutinating antibody response to infection, as measured by the microscopic agglutination (MA) test. This may prevent the detection of a carrier animal by serology. Foetal pigs did not develop specific MA titres. Cultural methods were not reliable in making a diagnosis of foetal infection. Histopathology of foetal liver and kidneys helped in making a diagnosis of foetal infection.

Animals↗
PubMed1992

Genetic diversity among Australian and New Zealand isolates of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona.

Restriction endonuclease analysis of 16 Australian and 4 New Zealand isolates of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona showed that they could be divided into 3 genetic groups. Most of the isolates closely resembled the serovar kennewicki reference strain, and they all differed from the reference strain of serovar pomona. Based on these findings, it is suggested that vaccine manufacturers re-evaluate their choice of serovar pomona vaccine strain.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Leptospirosis in zoo workers associated with bears.

Leptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae was diagnosed in two zoo animal keepers. The implicated source of infection was bear cubs that had microscopic agglutination antibody titers to leptospires of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup.

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PubMed1974

Intracutaneous infection with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (Shibaura strain) of the guinea pig.

Experimental leptospirosis with Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae Shibaura strain was studied in guinea pigs. When the pathogen was inoculated intracutaneously to the back of the animals, localized haemorrhage was observed at the inoculated site before the appearance of general haemorrhage. The severity of the local lesion increased progressively until the 7th day of inoculation. The minimum infective dose (MID) or the 50% infective dose (ID50) of the leptospiral suspension was determined by the appearance of the macroscopic local haemorrhage 7 days after inoculation. The MID thus determined was almost comparable with the value determined by the development of general symptoms and signs by conventional ip inoculation. The number of the pathogen per ID50 varied between 6 and 35 in five experiments. The local haemorrhage was effectively protected by active or passive immunization. Microscopically, haemorrhage at the inoculated site was found mainly in the dermis, directly beneath the epidermis in particular, and accompanied with leakage of the pathogen. The pathogen was also detected abunduntly in the thickened epidermal layer covering the inoculated area as well as in the epithelial matrix of hair-follicle, probably due to the proliferation of the pathogen at the site.

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