Leptospira Interrogans Sensu Lato, Etiological Agent of a Zoonotic Disease with Impact on Public Health in Cuba
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This paper summarized some interesting aspects related with the microbiological investigations on human leptospirosis carried out in Cuba from 1959 to 2017. The role of the Cuban national reference laboratory on Spirochetes and Brucella in the microbiological surveillance, the confirmation of epidemic outbreaks and in clinical trials related on reactogenicity, immunogenicity, efficacy and effectiveness of the Cuban anti-leptospirosis vaxSPIRAL® vaccine is also assessed. All these results represent contributions to support the National Program of Prevention and Control of the disease in Cuba.
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