Open AccessCharacterization of the clonal subpopulation Fiocruz L1-130 of Leptospira interrogans in rats and dogs from Brazil
Author(s) -
Lauren Hubert Jaeger,
Cristiane Pinheiro Pestana,
Filipe Anibal CarvalhoCosta,
Marco Alberto Medeiros,
Walter Lilenbaum
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000806
Subject(s) - leptospira interrogans , leptospirosis , serotype , biology , zoonosis , multilocus sequence typing , typing , outbreak , leptospira , strain (injury) , genotype , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , anatomy
Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae strains have been described as causing disease in both humans and animals and as being present worldwide. Icterohaemorrhagiae and Copenhageni serovars are known to cause severe disease in their hosts, and zoonotic outbreaks have been described. The genetic similarity among the strains of these serovars is known. However, it has not yet been demonstrated whether major clonal subpopulation in humans, strain Fiocruz L1-130-like, can circulate among other hosts.