Bull World Health Organ. 1961;24(1):5-21.
In recent years leptospirosis has been shown to be an important cause of human febrile illness in Malaya. Studies were therefore undertaken to determine its animal reservoirs and the factors influencing spread of infection from them to man and domestic animals. This paper presents the board picture obtained. A wide range of animal species were trapped in forest localities, ricefield areas, areas of scrub and cultivation and in several towns and villages. The maintenance hosts of leptospirosis in Malaya appear to be mainly or entirely rats, although evidence of infection has been found throughout the animal kingdom. Some rat species have characteristics which suggest that they are better maintenance hosts than others. Evidence was found of practically every serogroup of leptospires infecting animals in Malaya. Altogether 104 strains were isolated and identified, and 155 animals were found to have serological evidence of infection. Of 1763 rodents examined, 194 had evidence of infection, and 41 of 1083 other animals. A serum survey of domestic animals showed the highest incidence of antibodies to be in goats and the lowest in oxen.
近年来，钩端螺旋体病已被证实是马来亚地区人类发热疾病的一个重要病因。因此，开展了研究以确定其动物储存宿主以及影响感染从动物传播给人类和家畜的因素。本文介绍了获得的总体情况。在森林地区、稻田地区、灌木丛和耕作区以及几个城镇和村庄中，捕获了广泛的动物物种。在马来亚，钩端螺旋体病的主要维持宿主似乎主要或完全是老鼠，尽管在整个动物界都发现了感染的证据。一些鼠种具有的特征表明它们比其他鼠种更适合作为维持宿主。实际上发现了感染马来亚动物的每一组钩端螺旋体。总共分离和鉴定了 104 株，并发现 155 只动物具有感染的血清学证据。在检查的 1763 只啮齿动物中，有 194 只具有感染的证据，在 1083 只其他动物中有 41 只。对家畜的血清调查显示，对山羊的抗体发生率最高，对牛的抗体发生率最低。
