Open AccessDecreasing trend of seroprevalence of leptospirosis at All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi: 2014–2018
Author(s) -
Sachin Agrawal,
Rama Chaudhry,
Nitin Gupta,
Nazneen Arif,
Tej Bhadur
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_198_18
Subject(s) - leptospirosis , medicine , seroprevalence , leptospira , epidemiology , public health , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , leptospira interrogans , veterinary medicine , serology , antibody , immunology , pathology
Leptospirosis is an important emerging public health problem in India. There is limited information regarding the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in population from northern states of India. This study reports result of a 4-year-retrospective sero-epidemiological survey of leptospirosis conducted in a teaching tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India. The aim of our study was to explore seroprevalence and clinical pattern of disease occurrence in suspected cases of leptospirosis and to search for any co-existing infections in northern areas such as New Delhi, India.