Animal leptospirosis

WA Ellis - Leptospira and leptospirosis, 2014 - Springer
Leptospirosis is a global disease of animals, which can have a major economic impact on
livestock industries and is an important zoonosis. The current knowledge base is heavily …

Leptospira: the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen

AI Ko, C Goarant, M Picardeau - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that has emerged as an important cause of morbidity
and mortality among impoverished populations. One hundred years after the discovery of …

Virulence of the zoonotic agent of leptospirosis: still terra incognita?

M Picardeau - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Pathogenic leptospires are the bacterial agents of leptospirosis, which is an emerging
zoonotic disease that affects animals and humans worldwide. The success of leptospires as …

Leptospira as an Emerging Pathogen: A Review of its Biology, Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses

KV Evangelista, J Coburn - Future microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Leptospirosis, the most widespread zoonosis in the world, is an emerging public health
problem, particularly in large urban centers of develo** countries. Several pathogenic …

Genital bovine leptospirosis: A new look for an old disease

AP Loureiro, W Lilenbaum - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bovine leptospirosis is often associated with host-adapted leptospires infections, such as
strains belonging to the Sejroe serogroup. Although bovine leptospirosis by adapted strains …

Implementation of physician order entry: user satisfaction and self-reported usage patterns

F Lee, JM Teich, CD Spurr… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Leptospirosis renal disease is one of the common clinical manifestations of leptospirosis,
including acute renal failure and tubulointerstitial nephritis. Outer membrane protein A-like …

Detection and quantification of leptospires in urine of dogs: a maintenance host for the zoonotic disease leptospirosis

P Rojas, AM Monahan, S Schuller, IS Miller… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Leptospirosis is a global zoonotic disease. Pathogenic Leptospira species, the causative
agent of leptospirosis, colonize the renal tubules of chronically infected maintenance hosts …

Investigating the Immunological and Biological Equilibrium of Reservoir Hosts and Pathogenic Leptospira: Balancing the Solution to an Acute Problem?

EJ Putz, JE Nally - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Leptospirosis is a devastating zoonotic disease affecting people and animals across the
globe. Pathogenic leptospires are excreted in urine of reservoir hosts which directly or …

Patterns in Leptospira Shedding in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Brazilian Slum Communities at High Risk of Disease Transmission

F Costa, EA Wunder Jr, D De Oliveira… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background We address some critical but unknown parameters of individuals and
populations of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) that influence leptospiral infection …

Leptospirosis: toward a better understanding of the environmental lifestyle of Leptospira

G Davignon, J Cagliero, L Guentas, E Bierque… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Leptospira is a complex bacterial genus which biodiversity has long been overlooked. In the
recent years however, environmental studies have contributed to shed light on its original …