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MICROBIOLOGY • Cienc. Rural 50 (12) • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20200424   copy

Leptospira interrogans infection in tegu lizard (Tupinambis merianae), Brazil

Infecção por Leptospira interrogans em lagarto teiú (Tupinambis merianae), Brasil

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ABSTRACT:

We used 12 tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae) from northeastern Brazil, and we reported nine (75%) Leptospira sp. PCR-positive animals and six (50%) seropositive. Leptospira sp. DNA sequencing revealed 99% similarity with L. interrogans. Our findings indicated that this species may play a role in the transmission of human leptospirosis.

Key words:
wild hosts; leptospirosis; reptiles; semiarid

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