2016
Leptospira in breast tissue and milk of urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)
DE OLIVEIRA D, FIGUEIRA CP, ZHAN L, PERTILE AC, PEDRA GG, GUSMÃO IM, WUNDER EA, RODRIGUES G, RAMOS EA, KO AI, CHILDS JE, REIS MG, COSTA F. Leptospira in breast tissue and milk of urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Epidemiology And Infection 2016, 144: 2420-2429. PMID: 27019024, PMCID: PMC5437553, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268816000637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionBreast tissuePresence of leptospiresNorway ratsMajor public health concernMilk-borne transmissionMajor pathological changesReal-time polymerase chain reactionPublic health concernQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionPathogenic Leptospira sppBreast tissue samplesChronic carriagePathological changesLactating ratsRatsHealth concernImmunofluorescence assaysLeptospira sppGenus LeptospiraTissue samplesUrban slumsChain reactionLeptospiresLeptospira
2001
Leptospiral Proteins Recognized during the Humoral Immune Response to Leptospirosis in Humans
Guerreiro H, Croda J, Flannery B, Mazel M, Matsunaga J, Reis M, Levett P, Ko A, Haake D. Leptospiral Proteins Recognized during the Humoral Immune Response to Leptospirosis in Humans. Infection And Immunity 2001, 69: 4958-4968. PMID: 11447174, PMCID: PMC98588, DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.4958-4968.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHumoral immune responseImmune responseNatural infectionLeptospiral proteinsInfection-associated antigenConvalescent-phase seraPositive reactionConvalescent phaseHumoral responseHealthy individualsHuman leptospirosisControl individualsVaccine designImmunodominant antigensQuantitative immunoblot analysisTwo-dimensional immunoblotsProtein antigensPathogenic leptospiral strainsGenus LeptospiraInfectionAntigenLeptospirosisSerumImmunodominant proteinsPatientsIdentification of New Repetitive Element inLeptospira interrogans Serovar Copenhageni and Its Application to PCR-Based Differentiation ofLeptospira Serogroups
Barocchi M, Ko A, Ferrer S, Faria M, Reis M, Riley L. Identification of New Repetitive Element inLeptospira interrogans Serovar Copenhageni and Its Application to PCR-Based Differentiation ofLeptospira Serogroups. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2001, 39: 191-195. PMID: 11136769, PMCID: PMC87700, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.1.191-195.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research