Seroprevalence and distribution of leptospirosis serovars among wet market workers in northeastern, Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Rahman, Mas Harithulfadhli Agus Ab; Hairon, Suhaily Mohd; Hamat, Rukman Awang; Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku; Shafei, Mohd Nazri; Idris, Norazlin; Osman, Malina; Sukeri, Surianti; Wahab, Zainudin Abdul; Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Wan; Idris, Zawaha; Daud, Aziah

doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3470-5

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“…The serological prevalence reported in the present study is much lower when compared to several other tropical countries for example 38.5% among Indian mine workers ( Parveen et al., 2016 ), 33.6% among wet market workers from Kuantan, Malaysia ( Ab Rahman et al., 2018 ), 34.8% among municipal service workers in Selangor, Malaysia ( Samsudin et al., 2015 ), 15.8% among fishing communities in Tanzania ( Mgode et al., 2019 ). However, in the United states of America, only 2.5% of veterinarians were reported to be serologically positive ( Whitney et al., 2009 ).…”

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“…Farm workers, fishermen, sewage workers, miners and veterans were found to be the highest-risk groups for leptospirosis from earlier studies ( Ab Rahman et al., 2018 ; Joshi et al., 2017 ; Mgode et al., 2019 ; Parveen et al., 2016 ; Samsudin et al., 2015 ; Whitney et al., 2009 ), while we found livestock farmers (2.7%) as the most leptospiral sero-prevalent group.…”

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“…Due to nonspecific signs and clinical symptoms, leptospirosis often remains unrecognized. Zoonotic infections including leishmaniasis and leptospirosis were reported among rodents and wild canines (fox, jackal, and wolf) in North Khorasan province, Iran ( Ab Rahman et al., 2018 ; Arzamani et al., 2018 ).…”

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Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran

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Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Leptospira spp. Earlier studies from North Khorasan province (Iran) reported the presence of Leptospira in wild canines and rodents. To date, there is no data on the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among humans in this province. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of human leptospiral infection among people with different occupations. The study was conducted in urban and rural areas of the province. Among the serum samples collected from 278 subjects, 3 (1.1%) showed positive reaction with titer of 1:100 by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Positive reactions were detected against Leptospira interrogans Canicola and L. interrogans icterohemorrhagic and all these samples were from livestock farmers (n ¼ 3/106, 2.7%). The current study revealed that, though Leptospira infection is low in North Khorasan province, regular monitoring of the livestock and the farmers are important.

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Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran

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“…Additionally, although intense focus in the wake of the pandemic has been put on wet markets as a purely Chinese phenomenon, wet markets can in fact be found all over the worldalbeit within differential sociocultural contexts that may impinge on pathogen emergence. This is especially the case in areas with high biodiversity (Uhart et al, 2012), despite research tending to centre around those in Asian contexts (Nhung et al, 2018;Rahman et al, 2018;Ribas et al, 2016). This goes a little way to understanding the biocultural placement of the outbreak, both within its local context and the wider context of markets as biocultural nexuses of pathogen emergence and divergence.…”

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Sociocultural, behavioural and political factors shaping the COVID-19 pandemic: the need for a biocultural approach to understanding pandemics and (re)emerging pathogens

Friedler

2020

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Although there has been increasing focus in recent years on interdisciplinary approaches to health and disease, and in particular the dimension of social inequalities in epidemics, infectious diseases have been much less focused on. This is especially true in the area of cultural dynamics and their effects on pathogen behaviours, although there is evidence to suggest that this relationship is central to shaping our interactions with infectious disease agents on a variety of levels. This paper makes a case for a biocultural approach to pandemics such as COVID-19. It then uses this biocultural framework to examine the anthropogenic dynamics that influenced and continue to shape the COVID-19 pandemic, both during its initial phase and during critical intersections of the pandemic. Through this understanding of biocultural interactions between people, animals and pathogens, a broader societal and political dimension is drawn as a function of population level and international cultures, to reflect on the culturally mediated differential burden of the pandemic. Ultimately, it is argued that a biocultural perspective on infectious disease pandemics will allow for critical reflection on how culture shapes our behaviours at all levels, and how the effects of these behaviours are ultimately foundational to pathogen ecology and evolution.

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“…Jenis pekerjaan yang teridentifikasi memiliki resiko terhadap penularan leptospirosis diantaranya petani, petugas kebersihan, personil militer, dan pekerja di peternakan. 4 Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Rahman et al melaporkan tentang seroprevalensi leptospirosis pada populasi pedagang yang menjual daging dan ikan di pasar di Malaysia. 4 Hasil penelitian tersebut menunjukkan bahwa 33,6% pekerja pasar di dua pasar induk di Malaysia memiliki riwayat pajanan leptospirosis.…”

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Kondisi Kebersihan Lingkungan Berhubungan dengan Risiko Penularan Kasus Leptospirosis di Area Pasar Tradisional

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Priyanto

2020

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Leptospirosis is associated with occupations which exposed workers to contaminated environments. The risk of leptospirosis exposure in the market as a gathering place for many people needs to be assessed, to obtain the basis for decision making to anticipate leptospirosis transmission. This study aimed to determine the relationship between market environmental conditions including market sanitation conditions, the level of rat density and the presence of leptospira-positive rats toward the history of leptospirosis exposure among market workers (traders and janitors). A cross sectional study conducted in 35 markets in Banjarnegara and 175 market workers randomly selected. Blood samples analysed using ELISA against 40 Kda pathogenic Leptospira protein. Rat trapping conducted in each market for two days with 100 traps. The caught mice examined with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to detect the presence of Leptospira bacteria in their kidneys. Leptospirosis exposure was spread in 17 markets in Banjarnegara. The PCR examination showed that the pathogenic Leptospira infected rats were spread in four markets in Banjarnegara. Chi square test showed that the hygene condition in market area was significantly associated with the leptospirosis exposure. Markets workers (traders and janitors) were at risk for leptospirosis proved by high seroprevalence of leptospirosis in this study.

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Seroprevalence and distribution of leptospirosis serovars among wet market workers in northeastern, Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Cited by 30 publications

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Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran

Seroprevalence of Leptospira infection in occupational risk groups in North Khorasan province, Iran

Sociocultural, behavioural and political factors shaping the COVID-19 pandemic: the need for a biocultural approach to understanding pandemics and (re)emerging pathogens

Kondisi Kebersihan Lingkungan Berhubungan dengan Risiko Penularan Kasus Leptospirosis di Area Pasar Tradisional

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