Biodiversity of the Germs Involved in the Human and Animal Leptospirosis in Stray Dog of Bucharest Temporally Adopted by the Community

摘要

A number of 103 ownerless dogs, not vaccinated against leptospirosis,accommodated at the testing moment in a community shelter in Bucharest, are tested for leptospirosisby the ultramicroscopic agglutination seroreaction with MAR* type live antigen.The results revealed that 36,89% of these dogs represent for humans and for domestic andfarm animals a potential natural reservoir of infection with microorganisms of the Lesptospira genus.The Canicola serotype was identified in 81,57% of the positive cases and the Icterohaemorrhagiaeserotype in 18,43% of the positive cases.