Peptide ELISA and FRET-qPCR Identified a Significantly Higher Prevalence of in Domestic Pigs Than in Feral Swine from the State of Alabama, USA.

is an important, highly prevalent, and diverse obligate intracellular pathogen infecting pigs. In order to investigate the prevalence and diversity of in the U.S.

Molecular and Serological Prevalence of spp. in Feral Pigs () and their Habitats in Alabama, USA.

Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis and has been recognized as a re-emerging infectious disease in humans and a variety of wild and domestic animal species. In order to understand the prevalence and diversity of spp. in feral pig populations of Alabama, we trapped 315 feral pigs in Bullock County east-central Alabama, and collected 97 environmental samples from riparian areas in Bullock County and Macon County east-central Alabama.