Leptospirosis and the environment: A review and future directions

EA Bradley, G Lockaby - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of global importance with significant morbidity and
mortality. However, the disease is frequently overlooked and underdiagnosed, leading to …

Leptospirosis: a neglected tropical zoonotic infection of public health importance—an updated review

KB Karpagam, B Ganesh - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & …, 2020 - Springer
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic and waterborne disease worldwide. It is a neglected, reemerging
disease of global public health importance with respect to morbidity and mortality both in …

Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics

AT Vincent, O Schiettekatte, C Goarant… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The causative agents of leptospirosis are responsible for an emerging zoonotic disease
worldwide. One of the major routes of transmission for leptospirosis is the natural …

Leptospira infection in rats: A literature review of global prevalence and distribution

K Boey, K Shiokawa, S Rajeev - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The role of rodents in Leptospira epidemiology and transmission is well known
worldwide. Rats are known to carry different pathogenic serovars of Leptospir a spp …

A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments

E Bierque, R Thibeaux, D Girault, ME Soupé-Gilbert… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira, is a zoonosis of global
distribution. This infectious disease is mainly transmitted by indirect exposure to urine of …

Genus-wide Leptospira core genome multilocus sequence ty** for strain taxonomy and global surveillance

J Guglielmini, P Bourhy, O Schiettekatte… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Leptospira is a highly heterogeneous bacterial genus that can be divided into three
evolutionary lineages and> 300 serovars. The causative agents of leptospirosis are …

Evolutionary insights into the emergence of virulent Leptospira spirochetes

A Giraud-Gatineau, C Nieves, LB Harrison… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Pathogenic Leptospira are spirochete bacteria which cause leptospirosis, a re-emerging
zoonotic disease of global importance. Here, we use a recently described lineage of …

Biodiversity of Environmental Leptospira: Improving Identification and Revisiting the Diagnosis

R Thibeaux, D Girault, E Bierque… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Leptospira sanjuanensis sp. nov., a pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira isolated from soil in Puerto Rico

LGV Fernandes, NE Stone, CC Roe… - … of systematic and …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Two spirochetes (designated strains LGVF01 and LGVF02T) were isolated from soil
samples in San Juan, Puerto Rico in HAN media after selection using a combination of …

Leptospira ainlahdjerensis sp. nov., Leptospira ainazelensis sp. nov., Leptospira abararensis sp. nov. and Leptospira chreensis sp. nov., four new species isolated …

AA Korba, H Lounici, M Kainiu… - … of systematic and …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Leptospira strains were isolated from freshwater sampled at four sites in Algeria and
characterized by whole-genome sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization …