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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF LEPTOSPIRA ISOLATES DURING ANNUAL EPIDEMICS IN SALVADOR, BRAZIL 1996-2008.
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Institute Pasteur. Paris, Zz, França
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Institute Pasteur. Paris, Zz, França
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
Introduction: Leptospirosis is a spirochaetal zoonotic disease that has emerged as an
important public health problem due to annual rodent-borne epidemics associated with
high mortality in urban slum populations. Although there are more than 200 Leptospira
serovars, urban outbreaks in Brazil appear to be due to a single serovar, L. interrogans
serovar Copenhageni. Clinical manifestations associated with urban outbreaks are diverse
and include a mild self-limiting illness to severe manifestations such as Weil’s Disease
and pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome. We hypothesize that differences in the strain’s
virulence characteristics may be responsible for different clinical severity and outcomes
that are observed after infection.
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