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Cranford, Hannah M.; Taylor, Marissa; Browne, Andrew Springer; Alt, David P.; Anderson, Tammy; Hamond, Camila; Hornsby, Richard L.; LeCount, Karen; Schlater, Linda; Stuber, Tod; De Wilde, Leah; Burke-France, Valicia J.; Ellis, Esther M.; Nally, Jarlath E.; Bradford, Bethany

Exposure and Carriage of Pathogenic Leptospira in Livestock in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Exposure and Carriage of Pathogenic Leptospira in Livestock in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Contributor: Cranford, Hannah M.; Taylor, Marissa; Browne, Andrew Springer; Alt, David P.; Anderson, Tammy; Hamond, Camila; Hornsby, Richard L.; LeCount, Karen; Schlater, Linda; Stuber, Tod; De Wilde, Leah; Burke-France, Valicia J.; Ellis, Esther M.; Nally, Jarlath E.; Bradford, Bethany
  • Published: MDPI AG, 2021
  • Published in: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6 (2021) 2, Seite 85
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6020085
  • ISSN: 2414-6366
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  • Description: From 2019–2020, the Virgin Islands Department of Health (VIDOH) investigated potential animal reservoirs of Leptospira spp., the pathogenic bacteria that cause leptospirosis. We examined Leptospira exposure and carriage in livestock on the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI). We utilized the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) to evaluate the sera, and the fluorescent antibody test (FAT), real time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR), and bacterial culture to evaluate urine specimens from livestock (n = 126): 28 cattle, 19 goats, 46 pigs, and 33 sheep. Seropositivity was 37.6% (47/125) with agglutinating antibodies to the following serogroups identified: Australis, Djasiman, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Ballum, Sejroe, Cynopteri, Autumnalis, Hebdomadis, Pomona, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, and Pyrogenes. Urine from 4 animals (4.0%, 4/101) was positive by rt-PCR for lipL32: 2 sheep, 1 goat, and 1 bull. Sequencing of secY amplicons identified L. interrogans in 1 sheep and 1 bull. Livestock in USVI harbor pathogenic Leptospira bacteria and could play a role in the zoonotic cycle of leptospirosis.
  • Access State: Open Access