Leptospira seroprevalence in owned dogs from Spain
López, Maria Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)
Vila, A. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)
Rodón Vernet, Jaume (Idexx Laboratories)
Roura, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Leptospira is a widespread zoonosis that has been linked to transmission between dogs and humans. The main purposes were to determine the seroprevalence of anti-Leptospira serum antibody and to identify the most common serovars in dogs in Spain. This is a cross-sectional study with 1,310 records of canine Leptospira testing data from Spain since 2015 to 2017. Inclusion criteria were individual cases with MAT test results for 8 serovars (Bratislava, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Australis, Pomona, Grippotyphosa, Autumnalis, Canicola and Saxkoebing) and to have the zip code data. Three hundred and thirty-eight samples (25. 8%; 95%CI 23. 6-28. 4) were seropositive (≥1:100). According to geographic areas, North had the highest seroprevalence (38. 0%; 95%CI 28. 9-47. 1) followed by South (29. 4%; 95%CI 20. 1-38. 8), Center (28. 6%; 95%CI 24. 3-33. 0), Mediterranean (22. 3%; 95%CI 19. 1-25. 6) and Northwest (22. 2%; 95%CI 7. 9-36. 4). Seropositivity (MAT ≥1:100) was most common to serovars Icterohaemorrhagiae (19. 4%; 95%CI 17. 2-21. 5) and Bratislava (8. 5%; 95%CI 7. 0-10. 0), followed by Grippotyphosa (7. 2%; 95%CI 5. 8-8. 6), Australis (6. 4%; 95%CI 5. 0-7. 7), Autumnalis (5. 0%; 95%CI 3. 8-6. 2), Pomona (4. 5%; 95%CI 3. 3-5. 6), Canicola (3. 4%; 95%CI 2. 4-4. 4) and Saxkoebing (0. 8%; 95%CI 0. 3-1. 3). An association was found between positivity (MAT ≥1:100) and males (P = 0. 003) and dogs that were 6 years old or older were at higher risk of exposure (P = 0. 001; OR 4. 61; 95%CI 1. 86-11. 43). This study has shown that dogs in Spain are commonly exposed to Leptospira infection and points out the necessity to control the prevalence of this severe widespread zoonosis in dogs and humans.
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Microbiology ; Systems biology ; Zoology ; Infectious disease ; Veterinary medicine ; Public health ; Epidemiology ; Internal medicine ; Leptospirosis ; MAT ; Canine leptospirosis ; Europe
Published in:	Heliyon, Vol. 5 Núm. 8 (august 2019) , p. e02373, ISSN 2405-8440

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02373
PMID: 31485543

7 p, 520.3 KB

The record appears in these collections:
Research literature > UAB research groups literature > Research Centres and Groups (research output) > Health sciences and biosciences > Grup de Recerca Malalties infeccioses-inflamatòries en animals de companyia (MIAC)
Articles > Research articles
Articles > Published articles