Leptospira interrogans  and Leptospira kirschneri are the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Noraini Philip (Author), Norliza Bahtiar Affendy (Author), Siti Nur Alia Ramli (Author), Muhamad Arif (Author), Pappitha Raja (Author), Elanngovan Nagandran (Author), Pukunan Renganathan (Author), Niazlin Mohd Taib (Author), Siti Norbaya Masri (Author), Muhamad Yazli Yuhana (Author), Leslie Thian Lung Than (Author), Mithra Seganathirajah (Author), Cyrille Goarant (Author), Marga G A Goris (Author), Zamberi Sekawi (Author), Vasantha Kumari Neela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis, commonly known as rat-urine disease, is a global but endemic zoonotic disease in the tropics. Despite the historical report of leptospirosis in Malaysia, the information on human-infecting species is limited. Determining the circulating species is important to understand it...