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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Print version ISSN 0375-0760On-line version ISSN 1561-3054

Abstract

VITALE, María et al. Leptospira interrogans survey by PCR in wild rodents coming from different urban areas of Palermo, Italy. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2007, vol.59, n.1. ISSN 0375-0760.

DNA extracted from the kidneys of rodents captured in different urban areas of Palermo, Italy, had been analysed for the presence of pathogenic L. interrogans sensu latu DNA. PCR analysis had shown that in rodents captured close to green areas and small river up to 40% animals give positive PCR results. Not many cases of human leptospirosis are reported in Sicilian island in which hot season is usually dry. But considering climate change toward subtropical aspect in Sicily, with hot humid summer and sudden thunderstorm, screening for L.interrogans sensu latu prevalence can be useful for leptospirosis risk analysis on human population.

Keywords : Leptospira; PCR; rodent reservoir; Palermo city.

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