Live imaging of bioluminescent leptospira interrogans in mice reveals renal colonization as a stealth escape from the blood defenses and antibiotics.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Gwenn Ratet (लेखक), Frédéric J Veyrier (लेखक), Martine Fanton d'Andon (लेखक), Xavier Kammerscheit (लेखक), Marie-Anne Nicola (लेखक), Mathieu Picardeau (लेखक), Ivo G Boneca (लेखक), Catherine Werts (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Leptospira (L.) interrogans are bacteria responsible for a worldwide reemerging zoonosis. Some animals asymptomatically carry L. interrogans in their kidneys and excrete bacteria in their urine, which contaminates the environment. Humans are infected through skin contact with leptospires and develop...