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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research Letter

Locally Acquired Leptospirosis in Expedition Racer, Manitoba, Canada

Sameer S. KassimComments to Author , Antonia Dibernardo, L. Robbin Lindsay, and Terence C. Wuerz
Author affiliations: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.S. Kassim, T.C. Wuerz); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg (A. Dibernardo, L.R. Lindsay); St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg (T.C. Wuerz)

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Table

Confirmed and suspected cases of leptospirosis, Canada, 2009–2017*

Region and province
 No. supportive cases†
 No. confirmed cases‡
 No. cases/region
Western, including the Prairies
British Columbia 5 6 20
Alberta 2 4
Saskatchewan 0 0
Manitoba 3 0
Central
Ontario 9 9 37
Quebec 6 13
Atlantic
New Brunswick 0 3 4
Nova Scotia 0 1
Prince Edward Island 0 0
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0
Overall 25 36 61

*As per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013 case definition (7).
†Leptospira agglutination titer >1:200 but <1:800 by microscopic agglutination test for >1 serum specimens.
‡>4-fold increase in Leptospira agglutination titer between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples or Leptospira agglutination titer >1:800 by microscopic agglutination test for >1 specimens.

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