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Leptospirosis [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers
Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria. It can lead to potentially fatal infections of the kidney, liver, brain, lung or heart.Accessible version available at: https://www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/resources/leptospirosis-fact-sheet ...
Rajapakse, Senaka   +4 more
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Protein Carbonyl as a Biomarker of Oxidative Stress in Severe Leptospirosis, and Its Usefulness in Differentiating Leptospirosis from Dengue Infections [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Pathogenesis of disease severity in leptospirosis is not clearly understood whether it is due to direct damage by pathogen or by adverse immune responses. Knowledge on biomarkers of oxidative stress which could be used in identifying patients with severe
Narmada Fernando   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Leptospirosis vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobial Cell Factories, 2007
Leptospirosis is a serious infection disease caused by pathogenic strains of the Leptospira spirochetes, which affects not only humans but also animals. It has long been expected to find an effective vaccine to prevent leptospirosis through immunization ...
Jin Li, Wang Zhijun, Węgrzyn Alicja
doaj   +3 more sources

Seroepidemiological study of leptospirosis in Ghaemshahr Mazandaran province-Iran, Sept-Oct 2004

open access: yesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2006
Background and purpose: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic spirochetal disease caused by coming into contact with water or soil contaminated with urine of the infected animals such as sheep, hours, cow, rat and etc.
F.Babamahmodi   +4 more
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PREVALENCE OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN EGYPTIAN SHEEP FLOCK [PDF]

open access: yesAssiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2014
A sheep flock contains 600 head of Al-Barky ewes suffered from: Icterus, bloody urine, death two days post symptoms appearance and abortion in 6 pregnant ewes. Thesymptoms appeared on 46 case and 6 ewes aborted and mortality rate was44 case dead.
ATTIA, E.R.H.   +2 more
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SEROLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON BOVINE LEPTOSPIROSIS [PDF]

open access: yesAssiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2014
In the present study 286 cows with reproductive disorders were serologically tested for natural infection with the most prevalent leptospiraserovars using MAT and ELISA.
ATTIA, E.R.H., MOSALLAM T.E.
doaj   +1 more source

Core genome sequencing and genotyping of Leptospira interrogans in clinical samples by target capture sequencing

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The life-threatening pathogen Leptospira interrogans is the most common agent of leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease. However, little is known about the strains that are currently circulating worldwide due to the fastidious nature of ...
Linda Grillova   +4 more
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Leptospirosis of Domestic Animals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Excerpts from the report: Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of animals and man caused by a spiral shaped organism (spirochete) of the genus Leptospira. The organism has a wide host range including man.
U.S. Animal Health Association Committee on Leptospirosis
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Genetic diversity of Leptospira strains circulating in humans and dogs in France in 2019-2021

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease. Humans and dogs are susceptible hosts, with similar clinical manifestations ranging from a febrile phase to multiple organ dysfunction.
Marta Garcia-Lopez   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Human Leptospirosis in Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Bantul District has the highest number of leptospirosis cases in Yogyakarta Province. Transmission of leptospirosis occurs primarily through exposure to water and soil contaminated with the urine of infected animals.
Sunaryo, Widiastuti Dyah
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