Stella D, Bonomi U, Fraizzoli G, Tonolli E
Boll Ist Sieroter Milan. 1984 Jul 31;63(3):249-53.
The Microbiological Laboratory of Verona Hospital is the leptospirosis reference Centre since 1980. It uses routinely the lysis/agglutination test with leptospires strains in order to confirm the clinical diagnosis and to define the typing of strains. Although this Centre is not yet officially recognized, it is in fact, at the service of the Veneto region and greater part of the Trentino Alto Adige. It examines 600 samples a year (about 3000 determinations) from these two regions, therefore it can construct a biregional epidemiology although the data is neither referred to superior Committees nor, perhaps, utilized in the requesting territory. The aspects of this service to be improved are the incompleteness of data with samples and their not perfect condition on arrival for testing. The most interesting point is that the epidemiology in the Veneto region has not changed since 1980: the prevailing leptospira is the icterohaemorrhagiae and then the canicola and pomona.
自1980年以来，维罗纳医院微生物实验室一直是钩端螺旋体病参考中心。该实验室常规使用钩端螺旋体菌株进行裂解/凝集试验，以确诊临床病例并确定菌株类型。尽管该中心尚未得到官方认可，但实际上它为威尼托地区以及特伦蒂诺-上阿迪杰大区的大部分地区提供服务。它每年检测来自这两个地区的600份样本（约3000次检测），因此尽管这些数据既未上报给上级委员会，也可能未在需求地区得到利用，但仍可构建双区域流行病学。该服务有待改进的方面包括样本数据不完整以及样本到达检测时状态不佳。最有意思的一点是，自1980年以来，威尼托地区的流行病学情况没有变化：主要流行的钩端螺旋体是出血性黄疸型，其次是犬型和波摩那型。
