Molecular and serological diagnostic of leptospirosis: a review (2014–2020)

A Brief Review on the Advancement of the Molecular and Serological Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has introduced as causative agent for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since the 2019 December. Human coronaviruses are classified in Nidovirales order and Coronavirdiae family. This family includes four genera. The SARS-CoV-2 is a member of Betacoronavirus genera and Sarbecovirus linage (linage B). There is ...

A Review of the Classical and Molecular Diagnostic Methods of Herpes Simplex Virus

Human Herpes Viruses (HSV) contain eight pathogens. HSV is one of the most widespread viruses in the world and due to the simplicity of the way of transmission the number of people infected with the virus has increased in per year. The virus creates a wide range of diseases, including mucosal herpes infections and deadly herpes simplex encephalitis. Today, for the diagnosis of HSV infection se...

A serological study of leptospirosis in Chennai

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. 1,2 Leptospirosis affects human beings and many other species of vertebrates, it can present in a wild spectrum of clinical manifestations in human being. 3 Many wild and domestic animals are reservoirs for leptospira organisms and they shed these organisms in their urine thereby contaminating fresh water, mud an...

Bovine Leptospirosis in Iowa: A Serological Survey

Serological evidence of bovine leptospirosis in Malawi.

Two hundred and seventy-five serum samples from cattle in Malawi were tested as a pilot survey for Leptospira antibody titres. Fifty-nine (21.4%) of the animals were positive for leptospirosis, while 35 (12.7%) animals reacted inconclusively. Titres to L. hardjo and L. pomona serovars were the most prevalent. Results are also discussed with reference to the areas where samples were collected.