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SUBMITTER: da Cunha CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4775884 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20160111 3
Leptospirosis is a global zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. In this study, we characterized two Leptospira kirschneri serogroup Pomona serovar Mozdok isolates, one obtained from a dog and the other from a patient with severe leptospirosis, 4 years later. Histopathological analysis showed that both isolates caused severe tissue damage when used to infect hamsters. While L. kirschneri serogroup Pomona serovar Mozdok is endemic in animals in Europe, there is only one report of human lep ...[more]