Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri are the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia.
Noraini PhilipNorliza Bahtiar AffendySiti Nur Alia RamliMuhamad ArifPappitha RajaElanngovan NagandranPukunan RenganathanNiazlin Mohd TaibSiti Norbaya MasriMuhamad Yazli YuhanaLeslie Thian Lung ThanMithra SeganathirajahCyrille GoarantMarga G A GorisZamberi SekawiVasantha Kumari NeelaPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri were identified as the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia. The existence of novel clinically important ST 265 (infecting human), that is different from rodent L. interrogans strains cautions reservoir(s) of these Leptospira lineages are yet to be identified.