Clinical and molecular characterization of an outbreak of leptospirosis in dogs from Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2021
Max Randolph, Jarlath E. Nally, Sean K. Yoshimoto, Betty Chow, David M. Wagner, Nathan E. Stone, Jason W. Sahl, Camila Hamond, Karen LeCount, Tod P. Stuber, Hans van der Linden, Krystle L. Reagan, Alexander Schrieber, Jamie F Sebastian, Jane E. Sykes
This study characterizes a leptospirosis outbreak in dogs in Los Angeles County, finding that all isolates were Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola, with urine PCR as the most sensitive test and ICFs as a potential source.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology · May 26, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology