Table 1. Serovar identification results and CAAT results of isolates sent to CDC. 1 .
Origin | Source (Number) | Serovar Identification (PFGE) | Number of Isolates | Confirmed by CAAT | MLST |
Brazil | Dog (11), Human (2), Swine (2), Cow (1) | Canicola | 16 | 5 | 3 (ST37,Pomona or Canicola) |
Human (13), Dog (1), Cow (1) | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 15 | |||
Swine | Kennewicki2 (Pomona) | 1 | |||
Rat | Biflexa | 1 | NA3 | ||
Capybara | Unknown | 6 | NA | ||
Cow | Unknown | 1 | |||
Capybara | Unknown | 1 | |||
Total | 41 | ||||
United States - Hawaii | Human | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 16 | 3 | 8 (ST17, Copenhageni or Icterohaemorrhagiae) |
Human | Ballum | 4 | NA | ||
Human | Unknown | 17 | 12 (ST51, Australis) | ||
Human | Unknown | 1 | NA | ||
Human | Unknown | 1 | NA | ||
Human | Unknown | 2 | NA | ||
United States - Other | Human | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 1 | ||
Dog | Grippotyphosa (L. kirschneri) | 1 | |||
Human | Unknown | 2 | NA | ||
Human | Unknown | 2 | NA | ||
Total | 47 | ||||
Egypt | Human | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 12 | 3 | 3 (ST17, Copenhageni or Icterohaemorrhagiae) |
Human | Pomona | 7 | 4 | 1 (ST37, Pomona or Canicola) | |
Human | Bataviae | 6 | 5 | 5 (ST50, Bataviae) | |
Human | Pyrogenes | 3 | 3 | 3 (ST88, 1 of 4 Pyrogenes ST types) | |
Human | Grippotyphosa (L. interrogans) | 3 | 2 | 1 (ST111, 1 of 4 Grippotyphosa ST types) | |
Total | 31 | ||||
Peru | Rat (9), Spiny Rat (1) | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 10 | 2 | 2 (ST17, Copenhageni or Icterohaemorrhagiae) |
Rat (7), Human (2) | L. licerasiae | 9 | NA | ||
Opossum | Unknown | 1 | |||
Spiny Rat | Unknown | 1 | NA | ||
Opossum | Unknown | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | ||||
Thailand | Human (24), Rat (3) | Bulgarica (L.interrogans) | 27 | 7 | 1 (ST34, no reference match) |
Rat | Bataviae | 1 | |||
Human | Unknown | 1 | 1(ST113, no reference match) | ||
Human | Unknown | 1 | |||
Rat | Unknown | 1 | |||
Total | 31 | ||||
Denmark | Human | L. broomii | 1 | NA | |
France | Human | L. broomii | 1 | NA | |
Guyana | Human | Icterohaemorrhagiae | 1 | 1 | 1 (ST17, Copenhageni or Icterohaemorrhagiae) |
Only a subset of isolates were validated by CAAT; concordance between PFGE and CAAT was 100%.
Kennewicki is no longer recognized as a separate serovar from Pomona.[7]
NA = Not applicable for MLST since the species is not L. interrogans or L. kirschneri.