Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Volume 60, Issue 9, September 2025.ABSTRACT Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. A lesser‐known form, equine genital leptospirosis (EGL), has been identified as a chronic and often silent infection involving the colonisation of the mare's genital tract.
Daiany Motta +2 more
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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 6, Page 485-500, September 2025.ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans , in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs +6 more
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The potential role of captive collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) as a leptospirosis reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]
, 2006 A serological survey was conducted in a collared peccary farm in the Peruvian Amazon to investigate variations in leptospiral seroprevalence over a period of 18 months.
Céspedes, Manuel J. +4 more
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Navigating infection by pathogenic spirochetes: The host‐bacteria interface at the atomic level
Protein Science, Volume 34, Issue 7, July 2025.Abstract Pathogenic spirochetes bind and interact with various host structures and molecules throughout the course of infection. By utilizing their outer surface molecules, spirochetes can effectively modulate their dissemination, interact with immune system regulators, and select specific destination niches within the host.
Libor Hejduk +7 more
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Seroprevalence of Leptospira interrogans infection in horses from some horse clubs in Tehran by Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) [PDF]
Āsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī, 2016 In order to evaluate the seroprevalence of Leptospira interrogans infection in horses, blood samples were taken from 152 horses from 7 horse clubs in Tehran.
mohammadrahim Haji Hajikolaei +4 more
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Animals, 2020 In this study, we detected and characterized Leptospira infection and exposure in rats on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts for the first time. We detected Leptospira infection in 17/29 (59%), 14/29 (48)%, and 11/29 (38)% of rats by RT-PCR, culture ...
Sreekumari Rajeev +7 more
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Indagine sieroepidemiologica sulla diffusione di Leptospira Interrogans serovar Hardjo su arieti dell'Italia centrale [PDF]
, 2014 La leptospirosi è una delle più importanti zoonosi a livello mondiale. Una fra le sierovarianti più frequentemente riscontrate negli ovini, soprattutto in Italia, è la sierovariante Hardjo.
PERRONI, MARCO
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The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 Leptospirosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, is thought to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world.
Kathryn M Benavidez +10 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1994 Erythrocyte osmotic fragility (EOF) was carried out in nineteen dogs naturally infected by Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae/copenhagi.
Marcelo L. Santoro +4 more
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Immunoreactivity of the AAA plus chaperone ClpB from Leptospira interrogans with sera from Leptospira-infected animals [PDF]
, 2016 Citation: Krajewska, J., Arent, Z., Wieckowski, D., Zolkiewski, M., & Kedzierska-Mieszkowska, S. (2016). Immunoreactivity of the AAA plus chaperone ClpB from Leptospira interrogans with sera from Leptospira-infected animals. Bmc Microbiology, 16, 8.
Arent, Z. +4 more
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