Volume 13, Number 5—May 2007
Letter
Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in Captive Collared Peccaries, Peru
Pedro Mayor†
, Patricia Mendoza* , Hugo A. Gálvez*, Manuel J. Céspedes‡, and Ferran Jori§
, Patricia Mendoza* , Hugo A. Gálvez*, Manuel J. Céspedes‡, and Ferran Jori§
Table
Prevalence of antileptospiral agglutinins per positive serogroup in captive collared peccaries, Peruvian Amazon, May 2003–Dec 2003*
| Serogroup | Positive reactions no. (%) | Max titer | Loreto area |
Ucayali area |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOAM
(n = 27) |
Pucallpa Natural Park (n = 6) |
San Juan (n = 52) |
Club Divina Montaña (n = 11) |
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| Positive reactions no. (%) | Max titer | Positive reactions no. (%) | Max titer | Positive reactions no. (%) | Max titer | Positive reactions no. (%) | Max titer | |||
| Total |
62 (64.6) |
6,400 |
27 (100) |
6,400 |
1 (16.6) |
100 |
27 (51.9) |
3,200 |
7 (63.6) |
100 |
| Var10† |
54 (56.2) |
1,600 |
27 (100) |
1,600 |
1 (16.6) |
100 |
19 (36.5) |
1,600 |
7 (63.6) |
100 |
| Australis |
15 (15.6) |
800 |
5 (18.5) |
100 |
0 |
– |
9 (17.3) |
800 |
1 (9.1) |
100 |
| Hebdomadis |
7 (7.3) |
100 |
5 (18.5) |
100 |
0 |
– |
2 (3.8) |
100 |
0 |
– |
| Icterohaemorrhagiae |
4 (4.2) |
3,200 |
2(7.4) |
100 |
0 |
– |
2 (3.8) |
3,200 |
0 |
– |
| Autumnalis |
4 (4.2) |
100 |
3 (11.1) |
100 |
0 |
– |
1 (1.9) |
100 |
0 |
– |
| Bataviae |
4 (4.2) |
400 |
2 (7.4) |
200 |
0 |
– |
2 (3.8) |
400 |
0 |
– |
| Tarassovi |
3 (3.1) |
6,400 |
3 (11.1) |
6,400 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
| Djasiman |
2 (2.1) |
800 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
2 (3.8) |
800 |
0 |
– |
| Grippothyphosa |
2 (2.1) |
800 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
2 (3.8) |
800 |
0 |
– |
| Ballum |
2 (2.1) |
100 |
2 (7.4) |
100 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
| Canicola |
1 (1.0) |
100 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
1 (1.9) |
100 |
0 |
– |
| Mini | 1 (1.0) | 100 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 (1.9) | 100 | 0 | – |
*BIOAM, Biodiversidad Amazónica; Max, maximum; –, titer not applicable.
†Classification pending.
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