环境中的致病性白虫污染:系统性审查
Yulia Sayanthi1,2, Dewi Susanna3
1Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
Infection ecology & epidemiology
|March 21, 2024
概括
致病性白虫污染了城市地区的水和农村地区的土壤. 了解它在水和土壤中的生存是防止人类白病传播的关键.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 传染病 传染病 传染病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 致病性LeptoSpira存在于动物的管中,并通过尿液排出,污染环境.
- 在环境样本中检测致病性LeptoSpira对于公众健康至关重要.
- 了解Leptospira在水和土壤中的生存,有助于评估传播给人类的风险.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查在水和土壤中的致病性Leptospira的存在.
- 为了识别对人类有害的致病性Leptospira物种.
- 在环境矩阵中评估致病性Leptospira的生存能力.
主要方法:
- 使用的系统审查方法.
- 在四个主要数据库中进行搜索:PubMed,Science Direct,Scopus和ProQuest.
- 分析了2000年至2021年7月间发表的38篇文章.
主要成果:
- 在城市的水样和农村的土壤样本中发现了更高的致病性白虫污染.
- 已识别的物种包括L. alstonii,L. kmetyi,L. noguchii和L. interrogans. 这三种.
- 致病性LeptoSpira在水 (4-30°C,pH < 7) 和土壤 (湿度 < 20%,pH < 6) 中存活.
结论:
- 城市和农村地区都存在白螺杆菌传播的风险.
- 环境条件显著影响病原性LeptoSpira的生存和分布.
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