Select species of the bacterial genus Leptospira are causative agents of leptospirosis, an
emerging global zoonosis affecting nearly one million people worldwide annually. We …

Select species of the bacterial genus Leptospira are causative agents of leptospirosis, an
emerging global zoonosis affecting nearly one million people worldwide annually. We …

Leptospirosis, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, is a globally widespread,
neglected and emerging zoonotic disease. While whole genome analysis of individual …

The availability of complete genome sequences has allowed the study of genic and
nucleotide content changes during the evolution of pathogenic and symbiont bacterial …

Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal zoo-anthroponosis caused by pathogenic species of
Leptospira belonging to the family of Leptospiraceae, with a worldwide distribution and …

We report novel features of the genome sequence of Leptospira interrogans serovar
Copenhageni, a highly invasive spirochete. Leptospira species colonize a significant …

Background Leptospirosis is a complex zoonotic disease mostly caused by a group of eight
pathogenic species (L. interrogans, L. borgpetersenii, L. kirschneri, L. mayottensis, L …

Leptospira biflexa is a free-living saprophytic spirochete present in aquatic environments.
We determined the genome sequence of L. biflexa, making it the first saprophytic Leptospira …

Leptospirosis has emerged to become a major public health problem in developing
countries. The availability of complete sequences of strains representing saprophytic and …

Leptospirosis, a widespread zoonosis, is a re-emerging infectious disease caused by
pathogenic Leptospira species. In Taiwan, Leptospira santarosai serovar Shermani is the …