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Insight into the Epidemiology of Leptospirosis: A Review of Leptospira Isolations from “Unconventional” Hosts

Animals, 2021
Simple Summary The isolation of Leptospira is the most important test to assess infection in animal species. Several animals play a role as maintenance-host for specific serovars and in the last 30 years the incidence of leptospirosis has constantly ...
Giovanni Cilia, F. Bertelloni, S. Albini, F. Fratini   +3 more
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Revisiting the Development of Vaccines Against Pathogenic Leptospira: Innovative Approaches, Present Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Human vaccination against leptospirosis has been relatively unsuccessful in clinical applications despite an expressive amount of vaccine candidates has been tested over years of research.
G. Barazzone, A. F. Teixeira, Bruna O P Azevedo, D. K. Damiano, Marcos P. Oliveira, A. L. Nascimento, A. P. Y. Lopes   +6 more
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Outbreak of Leptospira borgpetersenii Serogroup Sejroe Infection in Kennel: The Role of Dogs as Sentinel in Specific Environments

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Kennels may represent high-risk environments for the diffusion of Leptospira infection in dogs and consequently a threat to public health. This study describes an outbreak of Leptospira infection in a kennel in Italy in 2020, both with clinically ill and
A. Balboni, E. Mazzotta, M. Boniotti, Cristina Bertasio, L. Bellinati, L. Lucchese, M. Battilani, L. Ceglie, Silvia Marchione, G. Esposito, A. Natale   +10 more
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Molecular Detection of Leptospira in Pediatric Aseptic Meningitis

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira bacterial species. It is tremendously neglected, and scarce epidemiological data is present worldwide.
Ahmed M. H. Mohamed, Sami E. A. Algam, Abdel Rahim M El Hussein, Isam M Elkhidir, Khalid A Enan   +4 more
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Diverse lineages of pathogenic Leptospira species are widespread in the environment in Puerto Rico, USA

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Leptospirosis, caused by Leptospira bacteria, is a common zoonosis worldwide, especially in the tropics. Reservoir species and risk factors have been identified but surveys for environmental sources are rare.
N. E. Stone, C. M. Hall, Marielisa Ortiz, Shelby M Hutton, E. Santana-Propper, K. Celona, C. H. Williamson, N. Bratsch, L. G. Fernandes, J. Busch, Talima R. Pearson, S. Rivera-Garcia, F. Soltero, R. Galloway, J. Sahl, J. Nally, D. Wagner   +16 more
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Insight into the Structure, Functions, and Dynamics of the Leptospira Outer Membrane Proteins with the Pathogenicity

Membranes, 2022
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis that frequently occurs in tropical and subtropical countries. Leptospira enters the host through wounds or mucous membranes and spreads to the whole body through the blood, causing systemic infection.
S. Hsu, Chih-Wei Yang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira, is a zoonosis of global distribution. This infectious disease is mainly transmitted by indirect exposure to urine of asymptomatic animals via the environment. As human cases generally occur after
Emilie Bierque, Roman Thibeaux, D. Girault, Marie-Estelle Soupé-Gilbert, C. Goarant   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Horizontal transfer of the rfb cluster in Leptospira is a genetic determinant of serovar identity

Life Science Alliance, 2022
Leptospira strains show very large antigenic variation (serovars). Here, the rfb gene cluster is shown to be transferred horizontally within/among Leptospira species, discriminating serovar identity. Leptospira bacteria comprise numerous species, several
C. Nieves, A. T. Vincent, L. Zarantonelli, M. Picardeau, Frédéric J. Veyrier, A. Buschiazzo   +5 more
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Leptospira taxonomy: then and now

Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 2022
The genus Leptospira, isolated for the first time in 1915, is one of the most diverse genera of bacteria which includes species isolated worldwide. The first taxonomic classification was based on the serological similarities of the strains.
Z. Arent, L. Pardyak, Klaudia Dubniewicz, B. Płachno, M. Kotula-Balak   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sensitive detection systems for infectious agents in xenotransplantation*

Xenotransplantation, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Xenotransplantation of pig cells, tissues, or organs may be associated with transmission of porcine microorganisms, first of all of viruses, to the transplant recipient, potentially inducing a disease (zoonosis). I would like to define detection systems as the complex of sample generation, sample preparation, sample origin, time of sampling ...
Joachim Denner
wiley   +1 more source