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Maintenance of Leptospira Species in Leptospira Vanaporn Wuthiekanun Agar [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014
ABSTRACT The maintenance of Leptospira species in liquid or semisolid medium is time-consuming and at risk of contamination due to the needs of routine subculture and dark field microscopy. Using Leptospira Vanaporn Wuthiekanun (LVW) agar, we maintained 100 pathogenic ...
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Premjit Amornchai, Sayan Langla, Malinee Oyuchua, Nicholas Day, Direk Limmathurotsakul   +5 more
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Risk of infection in dogs in contact with clinical canine leptospirosis cases

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Background and aim Canine leptospirosis cases have been increasing since the disease emerged in urban Sydney in 2017. Clinical infection is associated with a high case fatality rate and might pose public health risks. This study was conducted to determine whether Leptospira spp.
VJ Skinner, MP Ward, C Griebsch
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Bovine endometrial cells do not mount an inflammatory response to Leptospira

Reproduction and Fertility, 2021
Leptospirosis causes abortion, premature birth, and stillbirth in cattle, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Infected cattle shed Leptospira intermittently and present a range of clinical symptoms, making diagnosis difficult.
Paula C C Molinari, Jarlath E Nally, John J Bromfield   +2 more
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The technical and practical implementation of fundus photography in equids

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Background Fundus photography is an important diagnostic tool in human and veterinary medicine. Advances in research are increasing its accessibility in human medicine. However, there is a lack of studies on modern fundus photography in animals, particularly in horses. Objectives To assess the use of a portable fundus camera developed for human
I. Vierling, B. Wollanke, V. Franzen
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An asymmetric sheath controls flagellar supercoiling and motility in the leptospira spirochete

eLife, 2020
Spirochete bacteria, including important pathogens, exhibit a distinctive means of swimming via undulations of the entire cell. Motility is powered by the rotation of supercoiled 'endoflagella' that wrap around the cell body, confined within the ...
Kimberley H Gibson, Felipe Trajtenberg, Elsio A Wunder, Megan R Brady, Fabiana San Martin, Ariel Mechaly, Zhiguo Shang, Jun Liu, Mathieu Picardeau, Albert Ko, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Charles Vaughn Sindelar   +11 more
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Role of Real Time PCR Quantization in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Leptospirosis and Analysis of the Association between Bacterial Load and Various Complications [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Leptospirosis is considered as an underreported and underdiagnosed disease. There is paucity of data regarding the incidence of leptospirosis from Mysore, Karnataka. This study throws light into the incidence of leptospirosis and the recent
Linda Rose Jose, Neelambike M Sumana, K Anuradha, B Sumangala   +3 more
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Occurrence of leptospirosis among suspected cases in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the serological profile of leptospirosis by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and dark field microscopy (DFM) and to determine the serovar prevalence rate among patients with pyrexia of unknown origin.
Ganesan Arumugam, S Mini Jacob, D Anitha, Sivakumar Mampakkam Rajappa   +3 more
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Bayesian Estimation of True Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors for Leptospira spp. Among Slaughterhouse Workers and Slaughtered Cattle in the Bahr El Ghazal Region of South Sudan

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Leptospirosis is a major but under‐reported zoonotic disease, and epidemiological data from South Sudan remain limited. This study estimated the true prevalence of Leptospira spp. exposure and identified associated risk factors among slaughterhouse workers and slaughtered cattle in Western Bahr El Ghazal. Methods A cross‐sectional
David Onafruo, Jörn Klein, Polychronis Kostoulas, Joseph Erume, Ikwap Kokas, Ambrose Jubara, Javier Sánchez Romano, Terence Odoch, Estella Kitale, Peter Marin, Esther Sabbath, Clovice Kankya   +11 more
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Distribution of Anti-leptospira Antibodies in the Sera of Patients Suspected Leptospirosis

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2015
Background and Objective: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis infectious disease that is prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions and is caused by the pathogenic serovars of leptospires. Hence, we aimed at investigating the prevalence of antibodies against
Roohi, Z, Moradi Bidhendi, S, Khaki, P
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Geospatial mapping and risk factor analysis of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola Portland Vere in backyard cattle in Chiapas, Mexico [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Leptospirosis is a globally neglected zoonosis caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. It affects a wide range of animals and poses serious public and veterinary health risks.
Liliana del Rosario Velázquez Noriega, José Del Carmen Rejón-Orantes, Enrique Herrera López, José Luis Gutiérrez Hernández, Francisco Antonio Cigarroa Vázquez, Leopoldo Medina Sansón, Carlos Alfredo Carmona Gasca, José Ángel Gutiérrez Martínez, Rafael Enrique Ruiz Echeverría, Gerardo Uriel Bautista Trujillo   +9 more
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