An overview on the molecular diagnosis of animal leptospirosis

MIN Di Azevedo, W Lilenbaum - Letters in applied microbiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The most common presentation of animal leptospirosis is the subclinical and silent chronic
form, that can lead to important reproductive disorders. The diagnosis of this chronic form …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review on leptospirosis in cattle: A European perspective

C Sohm, J Steiner, J Jöbstl, T Wittek, C Firth… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease which is globally distributed and represents a classic
One Health issue that demands a comprehensive understanding of the hosts, transmission …

Leptospira spp. Prevalence in Cats from Southern Italy with Evaluation of Risk Factors for Exposure and Clinical Findings in Infected Cats

G Donato, M Masucci, K Hartmann, MGA Goris… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease, but feline leptospirosis is rarely reported.
This study aimed at investigating Leptospira spp. prevalence in cats from southern Italy …

Serological and Molecular Evidence of Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in Stray Dogs and Cats of Sicily (South Italy), 2017–2021

F Grippi, V Cannella, G Macaluso, V Blanda, G Emmolo… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of public health concern. Its prevalence in stray animals in the
South of Italy is unknown. This study aimed to investigate Leptospira spp. prevalence in …

Unconventional sites for diagnosis of leptospirosis in bovine anicteric fetuses

L Aymée, MIN Di Azevedo, L Reis, J Mendes… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Abortion is one of the main signs of bovine leptospirosis. The necropsy of
the fetuses followed by molecular analysis of the tissues is recommended for the diagnosis …

Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System

A Aliberti, V Blanda, V Di Marco Lo Presti… - Veterinary …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bovine leptospirosis is an infectious zoonotic disease causing reproductive problems and
economic losses in livestock. This work reports, for the first time in Sicily (South Italy), an …

Leptospira in Slaughtered Fattening Pigs in Southern Italy: Serological Survey and Molecular Typing

G Macaluso, A Torina, V Blanda, A Guercio, A Lastra… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, serological and molecular assays in 55 pigs in Sicily were
conducted in order to investigate Leptospira spp. prevalence and to carry out strain …

Influence of Season, Population and Individual Characteristics on the Prevalence of Leptospira spp. in Bank Voles in North-West Germany

E Schmidt, A Obiegala, C Imholt, S Drewes, M Saathoff… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Leptospirosis is a worldwide emerging zoonotic disease. Clinical
symptoms in humans range from mild flu-like symptoms to severe clinical disease with …

An assessment and comparison of the efficacy of two licensed tetravalent leptospira vaccines for dogs using an improved challenge model

HLBM Klaasen, M Veen, CM Dorrestein-Spierenburg… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
An objective of the present studies was to compare the protective effects of two European
licensed canine tetravalent leptospirosis vaccines, Nobivac L4 and Versican Plus L4. Four …

Epidemiology of Leptospira spp. infection in a beef cattle area of Argentina

M Mazzanti, E Scialfa, M Rivero… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira that affect humans
and animals. This disease is complex and non-eradicable in nature. Therefore, the …