Leptospirosis in urban wild boars, Berlin, Germany.
Jansen, Andreas
Luge, Enno
Guerra, Beatriz
Wittschen, Petra
Gruber, Achim D.
Loddenkemper, Christoph
Schneider, Thomas
Lierz, Michael
Ehlert, Derk
Appel, Bernd
Stark, Klaus
Nöckler, Karsten
We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires were detected in kidney tissues. Wild boars represent a potential source for human leptospirosis in urban environments.
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