Volume 13, Number 5—May 2007
Dispatch
Leptospirosis in Urban Wild Boars, Berlin, Germany
Andreas Jansen*
, Enno Luge†, Beatriz Guerra†, Petra Wittschen‡, Achim D. Gruber‡, Christoph Loddenkemper§, Thomas Schneider§, Michael Lierz‡, Derk Ehlert¶, Bernd Appel†, Klaus Stark*, and Karsten Nöckler†
, Enno Luge†, Beatriz Guerra†, Petra Wittschen‡, Achim D. Gruber‡, Christoph Loddenkemper§, Thomas Schneider§, Michael Lierz‡, Derk Ehlert¶, Bernd Appel†, Klaus Stark*, and Karsten Nöckler†Table 2
Locations of wild boars seropositive for Leptospira spp., Berlin, fall/winter, 2005–06*
| District† | % Boars | 95%CI |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Zehlendorf/Wannsee | 27 | 15–44 |
| 2. Spandau | 10 | 3–29 |
| 3. Tegel/Reinickendorf | 21 | 11–38 |
| 4. Pankow/Mahrzahn/Hellersdorf | 22 | 6–55 |
| 5. Köpenick | 9 | 2–38 |
| 6. Lichterfelde/Steglitz/Charlottenburg | 16 | 1–27 |
| 7. Potsdam | 18 | 6–41 |
| Total | 18 | 12–25 |
*Seropositivity determined by microscopic agglutination test. CI, confidence interval.
†Numbers correspond to areas shown on Figure 1.
