Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri are the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia

• Main Authors: Philip, Noraini, Bahtiar Affendy, Norliza, Ramli, Siti Nur Alia, Muhamad Arif, Raja, Pappitha, Nagandran, Elanngovan, Renganathan, Pukunan, Mohd Taib, Niazlin, Masri, Siti Norbaya, Yuhana, Muhamad Yazli, Thian, Leslie Lung Than, Seganathirajah, Mithra, Cyrille, Goarant, Neela, Vasantha Kumari
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Public Library of Science 2020
• 在線閱讀: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86566/1/Leptospira%20interrogans.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86566/; https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008197

Background: Leptospirosis, commonly known as rat-urine disease, is a global but endemic zoonotic disease in the tropics. Despite the historical report of leptospirosis in Malaysia, the information on human-infecting species is limited. Determining the circulating species is important to understand i...