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Trop Med Infect Dis ; 9(8)2024 Jul 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39195606

RESUMO

Leptospira is a bacterial genus that includes several pathogenic species related to leptospirosis. In Colombia, leptospirosis is a mandatorily reported disease, widely distributed across the country. In the Villeta municipality, leptospirosis has been identified as an important cause of febrile illness; however, to date, no studies have been performed to identify the circulating species. A genus-specific qualitative qPCR was performed on DNA extracted from febrile patients' acute-phase whole-blood samples targeting a fragment of the rrs gene. Positive qPCR samples were further amplified for the adk, icdA, LipL32, LipL41, rrs, and secY genes through conventional PCR for sequencing. All high-quality obtained sequences were further assessed through concatenated phylogenetic analysis. A total of 25% (14/56) of febrile patients' acute blood samples were positive for Leptospira spp. High-quality sequences were obtained for only five genes, and analysis through concatenated phylogeny identified that all sequences clustered within the P1/pathogenic clade; some of them formed a robustly supported clade with Leptospira santarosai, and others were closely related with other Leptospira species but exhibited considerable genetic divergence. We describe the presence of pathogenic Leptospira species among febrile patients from the Villeta municipality and identify L. santarosai and other Leptospira species as causative agents of leptospirosis in the region.

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Emerg Infect Dis ; 29(2): 456-459, 2023 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36692499

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We assessed serum samples collected in Cauca Department, Colombia, from 486 persons for Orientia seroreactivity. Overall, 13.8% showed reactive IgG by indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay and ELISA. Of those samples, 30% (20/67) were confirmed to be positive by Western blot, showing >1 reactive band to Orientia 56-kD or 47-kD antigens.


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Orientia tsutsugamushi , Infecções por Rickettsia , Tifo por Ácaros , Humanos , Tifo por Ácaros/epidemiologia , Colômbia/epidemiologia , População Rural , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Imunoglobulina M , Anticorpos Antibacterianos , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Orientia
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