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Serovars of leptospirosis cases in humans notified to Queensland Health from 2015–2018 (blue histograms) and primary serovar(s) of 23 unvaccinated pig-hunting dogs sampled for Leptospira spp. (orange histograms) as part of a serosurvey in 2018 from above the Tropic of Capricorn in Queensland, Australia.

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posted on 2022-01-18, 18:42 authored by Bronwyn Orr, Mark E. Westman, Richard Malik, Auriol Purdie, Scott B. Craig, Jacqueline M. Norris

Five dogs had more than one primary Leptospira serovar detected and ‘other’ includes serovars such as Zanoni, Szwajizak, Djasiman and Canicola.

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