Environmental DNA metabarcoding to detect pathogenic Leptospira and associated organisms in leptospirosis-endemic areas of Japan

Y Sato, M Mizuyama, M Sato, T Minamoto, R Kimura… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Leptospires, which cause the zoonotic disease leptospirosis, persist in soil and aqueous
environments. Several factors, including rainfall, the presence of reservoir animals, and …

Leptospira reservoirs among wildlife in Brazil: Beyond rodents

F Fornazari, H Langoni, PM Marson, DB Nóbrega… - Acta Tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a disease of great importance in tropical regions. Infection occurs mainly
through contact with water contaminated with the urine of infected animals, especially that of …

[HTML][HTML] Detección molecular de leptospiras patógenas en roedores sinantrópicos y silvestres capturados en Yucatán, México

M Torres-Castro, B Cruz-Camargo, R Medina-Pinto… - Biomedica, 2018 - scielo.org.co
Introducción. La leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica endémica en México,
ocasionada por la bacteria del género Leptospira, la cual constituye un problema de salud …

Seroprevalence of Equine Leptospirosis in the State of Goiás, Brazil

TNA Romanowski, RA Dias, MB Heinemann… - Veterinary …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of bacterial origin caused by spirochetes of the
genus Leptospira. It is distributed worldwide and has a great impact on public health and the …

Small Mammals as Carriers/Hosts of Leptospira spp. in the Western Amazon Forest

LS Medeiros, SC Braga Domingos… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Leptospira is a bacteria that causes leptospirosis and is transmitted through water, soil, or
mud that is contaminated by the urine of infected animals. Although it is mainly associated …

Detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in unconventional pets

BC Ulsenheimer, MY Dos Santos, B Della Flora… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a disease caused by Leptospira spp. responsible for considerable impacts
on the public and animal health. In the past two decades, non-domesticated species of pets …

[HTML][HTML] Caracterización epidemiológica de la infección por Leptospira spp. en caballos de trabajo y en personas ocupacionalmente expuestas en seis unidades de …

JC Calderón, M Astudillo, MH Romero - Biomédica, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Introducción. Los caballos de trabajo de la Policía Nacional tienen un estrecho contacto con
sus manejadores y la población en general durante las actividades recreativas y de …

Pathogenic Leptospira species are widely disseminated among small mammals in Atlantic Forest biome

AS Vieira, PS D'Andrea, RV Vilela… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Leptospirosis is a common worldwide bacterial zoonosis and has been studied in One
Health approaches. Small mammals are described as the most important maintenance …

Are reptiles reservoirs of leptospirosis? A brief discussion based on serological studies

F Fornazari - Ecohealth, 2017 - Springer
Recently, a paper in EcoHealth by Pérez-Flores et al.(2017) on the risk of human
leptospirosis from Mexican crocodiles caught my attention because it involves an interesting …

Evidence of leptospiral presence in the Cumberland Gap region

A Verma, B Beigel, CC Smola… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic disease that causes reproductive losses
and/or hepatorenal failure in a number of animal species. Wild reservoirs of the disease …