Table 5. Occurrence, distribution and seroprevalence of local and reference Leptospira serovars in blood collected from humans, domestic and wild mammals and fish in Tanzania (titres ≥ 1:20).
| Hosts | Seroprevalence of Leptospira serovars (percentage) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sokoine | Kenya | Lora | Grippotyphosa | Hebdomadis | Pomona | Hardjo | Canicola | |
| Humans (n = 400) [35] | 10.75 | 0.5 | NA | 0.5 | NA | 1 | 3 | 1.75 |
| Goats and sheep (n = 100) | 38 | 34 | NA | 14 | NA | 9 | 24 | 9 |
| Pigs (n = 100) | 41 | 27 | NA | 22 | NA | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| Dogs (n = 100) | 39 | 26 | NA | 10 | NA | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Cats (n = 64) | 14.1 | 10.9 | NA | 7.8 | NA | 1.6 | 9.4 | 1.6 |
| Small rodents (n = 500; 90*) | 5–16.9* | 2.2* | 8.9* | 2 | 1.1* | 0.2 | 0 | 2.2*–2.8 |
| African giant rats (n = 65) | 15.38 | NA | NA | 1.53 | NA | 0 | NA | 13.84 |
| Shrew (Crocidura sp.) (n = 4) | 25 | NA | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 |
| Bats [20] | 19.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | NA | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
| Fish [21] | 25 | 29.2 | NA | 0 | 6.3 | NA | NA | |
* Leptospirosis prevalence in rodents from study site located 30 km away from Leptospira isolation sites in Tanzania; NA-untested