Identification of serovar leptospirosis in Flood-Prone areas Wajo District

Floods occur every year in Wajo District and inundate flood prone areas for 2 months. However, there is no information related to the type of Leptospirosis’ serovar that infects people in the flood-prone areas of Wajo District. The purpose of this study was to identify the type of serovar leptospirosis found in flood-prone areas of Wajo District.

The population in this study is the whole community and the flood-prone environment in Sabbangparu and Tempe sub-districts. The calculation of this sample is done by Lameshow formula with the sample in this study as many as 273 people and chosen by proportional random sampling. The serum samples taken were examined using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method in the microbiology laboratory of Animal Prevention and Illness (P2B2)-Banjarnegara subsequently examined serovar type examined from 11 positive sera from Elisa examination with titer is examined with a Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) at the Center for vector and Reservoir Disease Research and Development (B2P2vRP) Salatiga, Central Java Province.

The results of this study indicated that the serovar and host types found in the serum titers of the community in flood-prone areas in Wajo are Serovar Bangkinang (Ban), Grippotyphosa (Gri), Canicola (Can), Robinsoni (Rob), Bataviae (Bat), Mini (Min). Type of serovar is usually found in dogs, mice and cows. Therefore, it is recommended to the community in flood prone areas to increase efforts to prevent Leptospirosis incidance by reduce contact with animals that host the disease.