| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1984 |
| Authors: | Z. {\v S}ebek, Sixl, W., Reinthaler, F., Valova, M. |
| Journal: | Mitt. österr. Ges. Tropenmed. Parasitol. |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Pagination: | 197-201 |
| Date Published: | 1984 |
| Keywords: | Chiroptera, Eidolon helvum, Mammalia, Northeast Africa, parasitism, Pteropodidae, Sudan |
| Abstract: | In the years 1981-1983 the authors investigated serologically for leptospirosis 444 human sera, 195 sera from domestic and 766 from wild living animals from the South Sudan, 310 human sera, 257 from domestic and 7 from wild living animals from Cape Verde Isles and 353 respective by 984 human sera from South Colombia respective from El Salvador. Human sera from the South Sudan were in 15.8% positive, the sera of domestic animals in 54.9% (titre 1>400) and the sera of wild living mammals in 10.0% positive. Human sera from Cape Verde Isles reacted positively in 6.8%, sera of domestic animals in 13.2% (in titre 1 >400) and the sera of wild animals were negative. In human sera from South Colombia were found positive reactions in 18.4%, from El Salvador in 17.5%. From etiological point of view both in human and in animal humane leptospirosis participated in all four countries under study serovars of a relative great number of serogroups. |