Volume 13, Number 5—May 2007
Letter
Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in Captive Collared Peccaries, Peru
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.