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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 11, Issue:11, November, 2022

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
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Publisher : Excellent Publishers
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2022.11(11): 126-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2022.1111.015


Prevalence of Leptospirosis among the Patients with Fever Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kanyakumari District, India
V. R.  Vidhya*, R. Nepoleon and N. Palaniappan
Department of Microbiology, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences,
Kulasekharam - 629161, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Leptospira causes zoonotic disease named leptospirosis. The disease is transmitted to humans by direct or indirect contact with water contaminated by the urine of carrier animals. Only few studies are available on the prevalence of leptospirosis in the kanyaKumari district of Tamil Nadu. Our study mainly highlights the prevalence of leptospirosis in the Kanya Kumari district. To determine the prevalence of Leptospirosis in Kanya kumari district of Tamil Nadu. A cross-sectional study stretched over 2 years involving 150 cases of clinically suspected leptospirosis were included, the serological test used in this study is IgM ELISA. Out of the 150 cases investigated for leptospirosis 35 patients were positive for IgM ELISA were as 115 cases were negative for IgM ELISA. A significant rise in the prevalance (23%) of leptospirosis cases were reported in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India.


Keywords: Leptospirosis, Prevalance, IgM ELISA

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Vidhya, V. R., R. Nepoleon and Palaniappan, N. 2022. Prevalence of Leptospirosis among the Patients with Fever Attending A Tertiary Care Hospital in Kanyakumari District, India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 11(11): 126-129. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2022.1111.015
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