Crevatin D, Banfi E, Crotti D, Ruaro E, Cinco M
Eur J Epidemiol. 1986 Mar;2(1):44-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00152717.
The article reports data concerning a serosurvey carried out in the province of Gorizia as a part of a research project sponsored by the National Research Council (CNR) on the epidemiological status of leptospirosis in Northern Italy. Microagglutination tests have been carried out on sera taken from randomly chosen healthy people and from humans exposed to occupational hazards, at a representing sample size for each category. The results have shown 8.29% agglutinin prevalence in healthy people, serovars bratislava, sejroe and canicola being predominant. Prevalence agglutinin rates were higher in meat workers (11.76%), sweepers (16.66%) and breeders (40%); in the latter category antibodies to Leptospira hardjo have been found out; this is the first reported instance of human contamination by L. hardjo in Italy.
本文报道了作为国家研究委员会（CNR）赞助的一个关于意大利北部钩端螺旋体病流行病学状况研究项目的一部分，在戈里齐亚省进行的一项血清学调查的数据。对从随机选取的健康人群和职业暴露人群采集的血清进行了微量凝集试验，每个类别都有代表性的样本量。结果显示，健康人群中凝集素患病率为8.29%，布拉迪斯拉发、塞若埃和犬型血清型占主导。肉类加工工人（11.76%）、清扫工（16.66%）和饲养员（40%）的凝集素患病率较高；在后者类别中发现了针对哈氏钩端螺旋体的抗体；这是意大利首次报道人类感染哈氏钩端螺旋体的病例。
