Pathogenic leptospiras isolated from Malaysian surface waters.

Occurrence of Pathogenic Vibrios in Coastal Areas of Golestan Province in Iran

  This study was carried out to investigate the occurrence of potentially pathogenic species of vibrio in sea water and estuarine environments of the Caspian Sea in the Golestan province of Iran. A total of 127 water samples from coastal waters as well as from river and estuaries were collected and analyzed by culture, during April and September 2001. Following prompt centrifugation, the resusp...

Assessment of Distribution Leptospira Spp. In Surface Waters of Guilan Province

Leptospirosis is an ubiquitous zoonotic infection.It is spread worldwide. Currently the genus Leptospira is classified in 13 genomic species and 4 genomospecies based upon phylogenetic and phenotypic relatedness.The goal of this study was to determine the distribution of aerobic spirochetes Leptospira in surface waters and soils in Guilan province of Iran. A total of 222 fresh water samples wer...

A study of two strains of saprophytic leptospiras isolated in the Iranian region of the Caspian Sea

Leptospirosis in animals in West Malaysia.

INTRODUCTION Leptospirosis in man and animals i s caused by the pathogenic species Leptospira interrogans and i s characterised by a variety of syndromes. The pathogenic L. interrogans encompasses over a hundred serotypes which are grouped under 18 serogroups on the basis of their antigenic characteristics. Pathogenic leptospires occur naturally in a wide variety of wild and domesticated animal...

A study on PCR-RFLP of Giardia duodenalis in Malaysia.

Giardia duodenalis causes diarrhoea and malabsorption. The objectives of the study were to detect local isolates of G. doudenalis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and to determine their restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP). G. doudenalis isolated from stools of patients from Hospital Orang Asli Gombak were cultured axenically using TYI-S-33 medium with 10% foetal calf serum. The c...