Epidemiology of Leptospira spp. infection in a beef cattle area of Argentina. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2023 Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira that affect humans and animals. This disease is complex and non-eradicable in nature.
Mazzanti M +3 more
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Detección de Leptospira spp. en murciélagos de la península de Yucatán, México
Revista Científica, 2023 Los registros de Leptospira spp. en murciélagos de México son escasos. Se conoce que varias especies de murciélagos son hospedadores de Leptospiras patógenas, por lo que participan en el ciclo epidemiológico y pueden generar escenarios de transmisión ...
Marco Torres–Castro +7 more
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Diversity of Leptospira spp. in bats and rodents from Papua New Guinea. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2022 Leptospirosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis globally. The pathogen, Leptospira spp., is primarily associated with rodent reservoirs. However, a wide range of other species has been implicated as reservoirs or dead‐end hosts. We conducted a survey
Javati S +11 more
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Survey of rodent-borne pathogens in Singapore reveals the circulation of Leptospira spp., Seoul hantavirus, and Rickettsia typhi. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Rodents living alongside humans increases the probability of encounter and also the transmission of rodent-borne diseases. Singapore’s cosmopolitan urban landscape provides a perfect setting to study the prevalence of four rodent-borne pathogens: Seoul ...
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White-Toothed Shrews (Genus Crocidura): Potential Reservoirs for Zoonotic Leptospira spp. and Arthropod-Borne Pathogens? [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Three species of white-toothed shrews of the order Eulipotyphla are present in central Europe: the bicolored (Crocidura leucodon), greater (Crocidura russula) and lesser (Crocidura suaveolens) white-toothed shrews.
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Molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in urban rodents from wet markets in northeast Malaysia. [PDF]
J Adv Vet Anim Res, 2022 Objective: This short study describes the occurrence of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in two major wet markets in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Materials and Methods: 30 rodents (20 rats and 10 shrews) were caught in 2 wet markets, and a postmortem was ...
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In Silico Approaches for the Identification of Aptamer Binding Interactions to Leptospira spp. Cell Surface Proteins. [PDF]
Trop Med Infect Dis, 2023 Aptamers are nucleic acids that can bind with high affinity and specificity to a range of target molecules. However, their functionality relies on their secondary and tertiary structures such that the combination of nucleotides determines their three ...
Almazar CA, Mendoza MV, Rivera WL.
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Serological Survey on the Occurrence of Anti-Leptospira spp. Antibodies in Red-Eared Terrapins (Trachemys scripta elegans) Living in a Natural Park of Northern Italy [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Although it has been supposed that reptiles, including chelonians, are involved in the epidemiology of Leptospira, data about leptospirosis in turtles are very scant.
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that poses a significant threat to human and animal health worldwide. Among different animal species, pigs are known to play a crucial role in the transmission of the pathogenic Leptospira spp.
Giovanna Fernandes dos Santos +9 more
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Ecology and distribution of Leptospira spp., reservoir hosts and environmental interaction in Sri Lanka, with identification of a new strain. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022 Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease and one of the leading causes of zoonotic morbidity and mortality, particularly in resource-poor settings.
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