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SUBMITTER: Wood PL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5825116 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wood Paul L PL Steinman Margaret M Erol Erdal E Carter Craig C Christmann Undine U Verma Ashutosh A
PloS one 20180223 2
Currently available diagnostic assays for leptospirosis cannot differentiate vaccine from infection serum antibody. Several leptospiral proteins that are upregulated during infection have been described, but their utility as a diagnostic marker is still unclear. In this study, we undertook a lipidomics approach to determine if there are any differences in the serum lipid profiles of horses naturally infected with pathogenic Leptospira spp. and horses vaccinated against a commercially available b ...[more]