Lethal infection of C3H/HeJ and C3H/SCID mice with an isolate of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni.

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  • Jarlath E Nally
  • Michael C Fishbein
  • David R Blanco
  • Michael A Lovett
چکیده

Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni strain RJ16441, a blood isolate from humans with the severe pulmonary form of leptospirosis, has previously been shown to cause fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in guinea pigs and asymptomatic chronic renal tubular colonization with urinary shedding in rats. In this study, RJ16441 caused lethal infection of both C3H/HeJ and C3H/SCID mice, but no hemorrhagic phenomena were observed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Infection and immunity

دوره 73 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005