Leptospira infections in Domestic and Wild Animal

• Other Authors: Cilia, Giovanni (Editor), Bertelloni, Fabrizio (Editor), Fratini, Filippo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Leptospirosis; pig; MAT; real-time PCR; genotyping; epidemiology; Australis; canine leptospirosis; Icterohaemorrhagiae; multi-locus sequence typing; leptospirosis; zoonosis; infectious disease; multilocus sequence typing (MLST); wildlife; Leptospira fainei; intermediate Leptospira; Leptospira spp.; cattle; abortion; pathology; non-maintenance serovars; PCR; lfb1-phylogeny; Leptospira; African green monkeys; Caribbean; renal lesions; dog; multilocus sequence typing; multiple loci variable-number tandem repeat analysis; MaxEnt; risk map; Republic of Sakha (Yakutia); climate change; wild boar; Sus scrofa; African green monkey; Chlorocebus sabeus; vaccine; dogs; bovine; new Pomona serovars; MLST; VNTR
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Leptospirosis is a worldwide-distributed, re-emerging zoonosis due to the large variety of wild and domestic animal species that can play the role of natural or accidental host. Currently, specific animal species play an important role as reservoirs for particular Leptospira serovars, although recen...