Seroprevalence of Leptospira in animals: potential reservoirs for humans in Peru – a scoping review

Santana C.; Cáceres V.; Sono M.F.; Salvatierra G. · Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru (2025) · DOI: 10.15381/rivep.v36i4.28573

Resumen

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution and great public health importance, with animals as the main reservoirs for humans. The objective was to conduct a systematic search of all available information on pathogenic serogroups of Leptospira spp. in different animal species in Peru, during the period 2003 to 2023. Six databases were included: «PubMed», «SciELO», «Cybertesis», «RENATI», «Google Scholar» and «Web of Science». Thirty-five studies were obtained, including theses and scientific publications, mainly conducted in Lima (24.39%, n=10) and Piura (12.2%, n=5). The studies most frequently included dogs (34.28%, n=12), wild animals (28.57%, n=10), and South American camelids (17.14%, n=6). The main serogroups identified were Icterohaemorrhagiae, Canicola, Pomona, and Iquitos. Despite the diversity found, no uniform cutoff point for determining seropositivity was found, ranging from 1:50 to 1:400. The findings demonstrate a low frequency of studies in regions outside of Lima, which is more frequent in dogs compared to other animal species. © Los autores. Este artículo es publicado por la Rev Inv Vet Perú de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto, distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es] que permite el uso, distribución y reproducción en cualquier medio, siempre que la obra original sea debidamente citada de su fuente original

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas