Post-translational modification of LipL32 during Leptospira interrogans infection.

• Main Authors: Timothy D Witchell (Author), Azad Eshghi (Author), Jarlath E Nally (Author), Rebecca Hof (Author), Martin J Boulanger (Author), Elsio A Wunder (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), David A Haake (Author), Caroline E Cameron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis, a re-emerging disease of global importance caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp., is considered the world's most widespread zoonotic disease. Rats serve as asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic Leptospira and are critical for disease spread. In such reservoir hosts, lepto...