Leptospirosis: Increasing importance in developing countries

ZMP Soo, NA Khan, R Siddiqui - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the pathogenic helical spirochetes,
Leptospira. Symptoms include sudden-onset fever, severe headaches, muscle pain, nausea …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Diagnosis as an Alternative for Public Health Surveillance of Leptospirosis in Colombia

M Arboleda, M Mejía-Torres, M Posada, N Restrepo… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis represents a public health problem in Colombia. However, the underreporting
of the disease is an unfortunate reality, with a clear trend towards a decrease in cases since …

[HTML][HTML] A Spirochaete is suggested as the causative agent of Akoya oyster disease by metagenomic analysis

T Matsuyama, M Yasuike, A Fujiwara, Y Nakamura… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Mass mortality that is acompanied by reddish browning of the soft tissues has been
occurring in cultured pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii. The disease is called Akoya …

[HTML][HTML] Human leptospirosis: occurrence of serovars of Leptospira spp. in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 2008 to 2012

MAA Oliveira, ÉA Leal, MA Correia… - brazilian journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Background: Leptospirosis is an infectious and acute disease caused by Leptospira spp.
that have high epidemic potential. This study verified the main Leptospira spp. serovars …

Nanocomposite Sensors of Polyaniline-Zn-Ag for the Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira Bacteria in Environmental Water

H Abdullah, JW Yu, AR Suppiah, J Jurait… - Journal of Electronic …, 2023 - Springer
This research is focused on the fabrication of a sensitive, durable and user-friendly
polyaniline-Zn-Ag (PANI-Zn-Ag) nanocomposite thin film sensor for Leptospira bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Incidencia y subregistro de casos de leptospirosis diagnosticados con tres métodos diferentes en Urabá, Colombia

J Pérez-García, P Agudelo-Flórez, GJ Parra-Henao… - Biomédica, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Introducción. La leptospirosis representa un problema de salud pública y es una causa
importante de morbimortalidad en la región de Urabá, cuya notificación se ve afectada por …

Importantes doenças bacterianas, virais e parasitárias abortivas em bovinos–Revisão

CS Lopes, AM de Melo Júnior, GOM Varella… - Research, Society and …, 2022 - rsdjournal.org
Cattle farming is of paramount importance in agribusiness. It is known that reproduction
represents an important link in the production chain and, thus, reproductive problems can …

Serological evidence of high Leptospira exposure among indigenous people (Orang Asli) in Peninsular Malaysia using a recombinant antigen-based ELISA

SK Loong, CS Khor, HW Chen, CC Chao… - Tropical …, 2018 - research.monash.edu
The lifestyles of the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia who traditionally
live close to the forest, put them at higher risk of exposure to zoonotic diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Leptospirosis with acute renal failure and vasculitis: A case report

SY Koçak, K Ayşegül, A Kayalar, M Yilmaz… - Archives of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide. Various clinical manifestations of
leptospirosis can be seen. In this article, we present a case with acute renal failure, severe …

3D modelling of the pathogenic Leptospira protein LipL32: A bioinformatics approach

SK Kumaran, MFA Bakar, H Mohd-Padil, S Mat-Sharani… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira species
(Leptospiraceae). LipL32 is an abundant lipoprotein from the outer membrane proteins …