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Emerg Infect Dis
; 13(5): 739-42, 2007 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17553254
RESUMO
We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires were detected in kidney tissues. Wild boars represent a potential source for human leptospirosis in urban environments.