%0 Journal Article
%T Canine Leptospirosis Serology in Southern Mexico City
%A Ignacio Mart¨ªnez-Barbabosa
%A Edubiel Arturo Alpizar-Sosa
%A Dolores Guadalupe Gavald¨®n-Rosas
%A Lu¨ªs Pedro Moles-Cervantes
%A Marcia Guti¨¦rrez C¨¢rdenas
%A Rafael Garc¨ªa-Gonz¨¢lez
%A Michael Shea
%A Ana Mar¨ªa Fern¨¢ndez-Presas
%J Open Journal of Medical Microbiology
%P 171-180
%@ 2165-3380
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmm.2016.64022
%X Background:
Leptospirosis is an important zooanthroponotic disease spread worldwide which
infection is recognized as a re-emergent disease. Leptospirosis is a systemic disease
of humans and domestic animals, mainly dogs, cattle and swine, characterized by
fever, renal and hepatic insufficiency, pulmonary manifestations and reproductive
failure. Objective: To
study the
seroprevalence of anti-Leptospira antibodies in an urban
canine population. Materials and Methods: The study was performed in March 2014 in stray dogs
that had been captured in the districts of Coyoacan, Iztapalapa, Iztacalco and
Benito Juarez in Mexico City; 117 dogs were analyzed, from each of which 5 ml of
blood were obtained. Serology was performed using a MAT test (Microscopic
Agglutination Test), finding that the antigens corresponded to 13 serotypes of Leptospirainterrogans. Three age groups
were formed: Group 1) younger than a year (n = 28),
Group 2) 1 to 6 years (n = 75), and Group 3) older than 6 years (n = 14). Results: Of the analyzed sera, 28.2% were
seropositive to one or more Leptospira serotypes, 74% of the positive seracoagglutinated with two or more serotypes. The most frequent
serotypes were: Canicola, Icterohaemorrhagiae and Portland-vere. Serotypes Canicola,