Leptospirosis is probably the world′ s most widespread zoonosis. It remains
underdiagnosed largely due to the broad spectrum of signs and symptoms attributable to …

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis occurring as large outbreaks throughout the world
caused by Leptospira interrogans. The incidence of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis …

The membrane attack complex of complement (C) in sublytic concentrations stimulates
endothelial cells (EC) to express adhesion molecules and to release biologically active …

Duration of immunity in dogs induced with current commercial inactivated leptospirosis
vaccines and evaluated against experimental infection, to date, has hardly been …

Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. It is
considered a neglected infectious disease of human and veterinary concern. Our group has …

Leptospirosis is a spirochetal zoonosis that causes an acute febrile systemic illness in
humans. Leptospira sp. hemolysins have been shown to be virulence factors for the …

It has been suggested that leptospiral hemolysins are important in the virulence and
pathogenesis of leptospirosis. We have isolated an Escherichia coli clone carrying the 7.8 …

Uveitis is considered a rare complication of leptospirosis. This report describes an epidemic
of uveitis among patients with leptospirosis and provides data, using polymerase chain …

Four cases of severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis (SPFL) are described. In all four of
these blood culture proven cases, there was severe pulmonary injury characterized by …

Innate and adaptive immune responses induced by leptospirosis have not been well
characterized. In this study we show that in vitro exposure of naive human PBMC to …