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Nature Reviews Disease PrimersLeptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial infection that is prevalent across all continents and is caused by pathogenic spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira. Although infection can be asymptomatic, symptomatic disease can vary in severity from mild to severe illness, the latter characterized by icterus and/or multi-organ dysfunction and potentially death ...
Rajapakse, Senaka +4 more
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Microbial 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
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Seroepidemiological study of leptospirosis in Ghaemshahr Mazandaran province-Iran, Sept-Oct 2004
Journal 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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Lateral-Flow Assay for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Human Leptospirosis [PDF]
, 2001 An assay device for the rapid detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in human sera is presented. The sensitivity (85.8%) and specificity (93.6%) of the assay compared well (91.9% agreement) with those of an IgM enzyme-linked ...
Smits, H. L. +20 more
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Leptospirosis of Domestic Animals [PDF]
, 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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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2001 SUMMARYLeptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with a much greater incidence in tropical regions and has now been identified as one of the emerging infectious diseases. The epidemiology of leptospirosis has been modified by changes in animal husbandry, climate, and human behavior.
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Aborto por Leptospira en una yegua en Salta, Argentina
FAVE Sección Ciencias Veterinarias, 2016 La leptospirosis en equinos es generalmente asintomática, aunque existen regiones donde la enfermedad constituye un problema. Aquí se describe un caso de aborto en yegua debido a la infección por este agente. Se efectuó la necropsia completa de un feto a
MICHELOUD JF +4 more
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Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2013 RESUMEN Objetivo. Detectar la presencia de anticuerpos contra Leptospira sp en cerdos que no presentaban sintomatología clínica, pertenecientes a establecimientos de producción porcina ubicados en todo el territorio de la República Argentina. Materiales
Jessica Petrakovsky M +2 more
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Biodiversity of Environmental Leptospira: Improving Identification and Revisiting the Diagnosis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Leptospirosis is an important environmental disease and a major threat to human health causing at least 1 million clinical infections annually. There has recently been a growing interest in understanding the environmental lifestyle of Leptospira. However,
Roman Thibeaux +9 more
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What role do coagulation disorders play in the pathogenesis of leptospirosis? [PDF]
, 2007 Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution, spread by the urine of infected animals. It is a major public health problem, especially in developing countries, where circumstances for transmission are most favourable. The clinical picture varies
de Kruif, MD +9 more
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