Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018
Dispatch
Leptospirosis as Cause of Febrile Icteric Illness, Burkina Faso
Table 2
Confirmed leptospirosis cases by serogroup using microscopic agglutination test, Burkina Faso*
Serogroup | No. positive, N = 23 | Titer |
---|---|---|
Ballum | 11 (1†) | 1:400–1:1,600 |
Grippotyphosa | 4 (1‡) | 1:400–1:1,600 |
Australis | 2 | 1:400 and,1:800 |
Canicola | 1 1‡ | 1:400 and 1:800 |
Sejroe | 1†(1§) | 1:400 |
Icterohaemorrhagiae | 1 | 1:800 |
Pomona | 1 | 1:400 |
Mini | 1§ | 1:400 |
*Values in parentheses represent duplicates, which are not included in the total count.
†Titers were equal for serogroups Ballum and Sejroe.
‡Titers were equal for serogroups Grippotyphosa and Canicola.
§Titers were equal for serogroups Mini and Sejroe.
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