Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in an endemic mixed urban and semi-urban setting-A community-based study in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Senaka Rajapakse, Praveen N Weeratunga, Krishan Balaji, Kyra Charmaine Ramchandani, Udani Savbhagya de Silva, Shenali Avishka Ranasinghe, Dinesh Gunarathne, Pasindu P B Wijerathne, Narmada Fernando, Shiroma M Handunnetti, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Colombo; Pomona
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008309; https://doaj.org/article/9d1386f46b7f4e358e8e8f3d51908a8f

Leptospirosis is endemic in Sri Lanka. There is a need for updated seroprevalence studies in endemic areas, to improve the understanding of disease dynamics, risk factors, control methods, and for clinical diagnosis. The cut-off titres for the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) for diagnosis of ac...