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  • Title: Relationships between prevalence of Leptospira interrogans in cattle, and regional, climatic, and seasonal factors.
    Author: Miller DA, Wilson MA, Beran GW.
    Journal: Am J Vet Res; 1991 Nov; 52(11):1766-8. PubMed ID: 1785720.
    Abstract:
    On the basis of serologic test results and isolation of leptospires from mature cattle, distribution and prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovars and genotypes were compared by state and region of the United States. Relationships between isolation rate and month of sample collection, mean regional temperature, and mean regional precipitation were examined. Isolation rate and seroprevalence were significantly (P less than 0.001) higher for southeastern, south central, and Pacific coastal regions than for other regions of the United States. Isolates of genotypes hardjo-bovis A and kennewicki A and B, and of serovar grippotyphosa appeared to be randomly distributed. Genotype hardjo-bovis B isolates came from a southern area of the country that extends from Georgia to New Mexico. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first recorded isolation of serovar hardjo from Hawaii. Although significant relationship was not documented between isolation rate and month or season of the year, seroprevalence for summer, fall, and winter was significantly (P less than 0.001) higher than that for spring. Regional isolation rate was related more to mean temperature (r = 0.83; P less than 0.05) than to mean precipitation amount (r = 0.34; P greater than 0.50).
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