A dominant clone of Leptospira interrogans associated with an outbreak of human leptospirosis in Thailand

• Main Authors: Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Lee D. Smythe, Wimol Petkanchanapong, Roongrueng Limpaiboon, Apichat Apiwatanaporn, Andrew T. Slack, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Nicholas J. White, Edward J. Feil, Nicholas P J Day, Sharon J. Peacock
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24748

Background: A sustained outbreak of leptospirosis occurred in northeast Thailand between 1999 and 2003, the basis for which was unknown. Methods and Findings: A prospective study was conducted between 2000 and 2005 to identify patients with leptospirosis presenting to Udon Thani Hospital in northeas...