Anti-Leptospira immunoglobulin profiling in mice reveals strain specific IgG and persistent IgM responses associated with virulence and renal colonization.

• Main Authors: Frédérique Vernel-Pauillac (Author), Gerald L Murray (Author), Ben Adler (Author), Ivo G Boneca (Author), Catherine Werts (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leptospira interrogans is a pathogenic spirochete responsible for leptospirosis, a neglected, zoonotic reemerging disease. Humans are sensitive hosts and may develop severe disease. Some animal species, such as rats and mice can become asymptomatic renal carriers. More than 350 leptospiral serovars...