Diagnosis of leptospirosis in Colombia is based on clinical history and serological testing. However, disease symptoms are nonspecific and there is no uniform criteria regarding the qualifications considered positive....
supported by the National Science and Technology Key Program for Infectious Diseases of China (Grant No. 2008ZX10004‐015);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Medical College in China (No. 2007XZA02)
Objective To construct a lipL32//1-1ipL21-OmpL1//2 fusion gene and its prokaryotic expression system, and to establish an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the rLipL32/1-LipL21-OmpL1/2 fusion antigen o...
supported by grants from the Department of Science and Technology,Government of India (Sanction order No. SR/FT/L-47/2006)
Leptospirosis is recognized as the most widespread zoonosis with a global distribution. In this study, the antigenic variation in Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira borgpetersenii isolated from human urine and fiel...
This work was supported by the grants from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2003AA223030);the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No.T0206)
Leptospiral outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are highly conserved in different species, and play an essential role in the development of new immunoprotection and serodiagnosis strategies. The genes encoding LipL21, Li...