Distribution of pathogenic Leptospira in environmental water and soils of selected recreational forests in Perak, Malaysia.


Journal

Tropical biomedicine
ISSN: 2521-9855
Titre abrégé: Trop Biomed
Pays: Malaysia
ID NLM: 8507086

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Jun 2021
Historique:
entrez: 26 6 2021
pubmed: 27 6 2021
medline: 1 12 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease endemic in tropical regions. Aiming at assessing the potential infection risks via recreational exposure, the molecular prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in 14 amenity forests in five selected districts of the state of Perak was determined. Water and soil samples along streams and waterfalls were subjected to culture of leptospires and the pathogenic Leptospira spp. was detected by lipL32-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Twenty out of 154 samples (13%) that tested positive for leptospires were mostly soils and still water recorded with tolerable temperatures (22.2- 26.5°C) and pHs (5.73-6.70). The localised prevalence was highly varied among eight positive forests (6.7-41.7%), particularly higher in Kampar and Kinta districts which are the more populated urban areas. The importance of public health surveillance should not be underrated given the high prevalence of Leptospira spp. in forests in close proximity to indigenous settlements, even where the places are clean. Overall, this study discovered a wide distribution of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in recreational areas.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34172700
doi: 10.47665/tb.38.2.047
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

122-128

Auteurs

M L Yap (ML)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

L J Chew (LJ)

Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia.

S S Pritpal Singh (SS)

Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia.

Z Sekawi (Z)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

H Y Chee (HY)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

H K O Ong (HKO)

Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Sungai Long, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.

V K Neela (VK)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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