Hematogenous dissemination of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Leptospira in a short-term murine model of infection

Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. Because rodents are natural hosts of Leptospira, rodent models of pathogenesis have been limited, but are valuable to understand infection in reservoir animals even in the absence of disease. Mouse models of infection provide...

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Main Authors: Matthew C. Surdel, Phillip N. Anderson, Beth L. Hahn, Jenifer Coburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.917962/full