any of various spirochaete bacteria which cause leptospirosis
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Does this increase result from an intense immune response to leptospire?
Regina C.R.M. ABDULKADER, Elizabeth F. DAHER, Eide D. CAMARGO, Cláudia SPINOSA, MarcosVinícius da SILVA 2002, 'Leptospirosis severity may be associated with the intensity of humoral immune responseA gravidade da leptospirose pode estar associada à intensidade da resposta imune humoral',Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652002000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Penicillin-streptomycin presented the best results in leptospire inactivation (97.1%).
Fabiana Miraglia, Zenaide Maria Morais, Adriana Cortez, Priscilla Anne Melville, MariaFernanda Vianna Marvullo, Leonardo José Richtzenhain, José Antonio Visintin, SilvioArruda Vasconcellos 2003, 'Comparison of four antibiotics for inactivating leptospires in bull semen dilutedin egg yolk extender and experimentally inoculated with Leptospira santarosai serovarguaricura Comparação de quatro antibióticos para inativar leptospiras em sêmen bovinodiluído em gema-citrato e experimentalmente contaminado com Leptospira santarosaisorovar guaricura', Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000200011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, we demonstrated that leptospire-infection induced apoptosis through mitochondrial damages in macrophages.
Wei-Lin Hu, Wei-Lin Hu, Hai-Yan Dong, Yang Li, Yang Li, David M. Ojcius, Shi-Jun Li,Jie Yan, Jie Yan 2017, 'Bid-Induced Release of AIF/EndoG from Mitochondria Causes Apoptosis of Macrophagesduring Infection with Leptospira interrogans', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00471/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)