Experimental leptospira interrogans serovar Kennewicki infection of horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 912-917

  Yan, W ^a   Faisal, S M ^a   Divers, T ^a   McDonough, S P ^a   Akey, B ^a   Chang, Y F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Challenge; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EYE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; EYE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 85047683961     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.00507.x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Radostits OM, Gay CC, Blood DC. Diseases caused by Leptospira spp. In: Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses, 9th ed. London: Saunders; 2000:971-995.
2. Matthews AG, Waitkins SA, Palmer MF. Serological study of leptospiral infections and endogenous uveitis among horses and ponies in the United Kingdom. Equine Vet J 1987;19:125-128.
3. Jackson RS, Jones EE, Clarks DS. Abortion in mares associated with leptospirosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1957;131:564-565.
4. Roberts SJ, York CJ, Robinson JW. An outbreak of leptospirosis in horses on a small farm. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1952;121:237-242.
5. Frellstedt L, Slovis NM. Acute renal disease from Leptospira interrogans in three yearlings from the same farm. Equine Vet Educ 2009;21:478-484.
6. Dwyer AE, Crockett RS, Kalsow CM. Association of leptospiral seroreactivity and breed with uveitis and blindness in horses: 372 cases (1986-1993). J Am Vet Med Assoc 1995;207:1327-1331.
7. Donahue JM, Smith BJ, Poonacha KB, et al. Prevalence and serovars of leptospira involved in equine abortions in central Kentucky during the 1991-1993 foaling seasons. J Vet Diagn Invest 1995;7:87-91.
8. Rocha T, Ellis WA, Montgomery J, et al. Microbiological and serological study of leptospirosis in horses at slaughter: First isolations. Res Vet Sci 2004;76:199-202.
9. Williams DM, Smith BJ, Donahue JM, et al. Serological and microbiological findings on 3 farms with equine leptospiral abortions. Equine Vet J 1994;26:105-108.
10. Morter RL, Herschler RC, Fessler JF, et al. Experimental equine leptospirosis (Leptospira pomona). Proc Ann Meet US Anim Health Assoc 1964;68:147-152.
11. Williams RD, Morter RL, Freeman MJ, et al. Experimental chronic uveitis. Ophthalmic signs following equine leptospirosis. Invest Ophthalmol 1971;10:948-954.
12. Girio RJS, Mathias LA, Lacerda JC, et al. Experimental leptospirosis in horses infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni, clinical and serological aspects. Arq Inst Biol (São Paulo) 1999;66:21-26.
13. Palaniappan RU, Chang YF, Jusuf SS, et al. Cloning and molecular characterization of an immunogenic LigA protein of Leptospira interrogans. Infect Immun 2002;70:5924-5930.
14. Yan W, Faisal SM, McDonough SP, et al. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant Leptospira immunoglobulin-like protein B (rLigB) in a hamster challenge model. Microbes Infect 2009;11:230-237.
15. Cole JR Jr, Sulzer CR, Pursell AR. Improved microtechnique for the leptospiral microscopic agglutination test. Appl Microbiol 1973;25:976-980.
16. Divers TJ, Byars TD, Shin SJ. Renal dysfunction associated with infection of Leptospira interrogans in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1992;201:1391-1392.
17. Hodgin EC, Miller DA, Lozano F. Leptospira abortion in horses. J Vet Diagn Invest 1989;1:283-287.
18. Bernard WV, Bolin C, Riddle T, et al. Leptospiral abortion and leptospiruria in horses from the same farm. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1993;202:1285-1286.
19. Murray GL, Morel V, Cerqueira GM, et al. Genome-wide transposon mutagenesis in pathogenic Leptospira species. Infect Immun 2009;77:810-816.
20. Sillerud CL, Bey RF, Ball M, et al. Serologic correlation of suspected Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona-induced uveitis in a group of horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1987;191:1576-1578.
21. Davis MA, Evermann JF, Petersen CR, et al. Serological survey for antibodies to Leptospira in dogs and raccoons in Washington State. Zoonoses Public Health 2008;55:436-442.
22. Gilger BC, Salmon JH, Yi NY, et al. Role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of recurrent uveitis in horses from the southeastern United States. Am J Vet Res 2008;69:1329-1335.
23. Brandes K, Wollanke B, Niedermaier G, et al. Recurrent uveitis in horses: Vitreal examinations with ultrastructural detection of leptospires. J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 2007;54: 270-275.
24. Parma AE, Santisteban CG, Villalba JS, et al. Experimental demonstration of an antigenic relationship between Leptospira and equine cornea. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1985;10: 215-224.
25. Verma A, Artiushin S, Matsunaga J, et al. LruA and LruB, novel lipoproteins of pathogenic Leptospira interrogans associated with equine recurrent uveitis. Infect Immun 2005;73:7259-7266.
26. Pearce JW, Galle LE, Kleiboeker SB, et al. Detection of Leptospira interrogans DNA and antigen in fixed equine eyes affected with end-stage equine recurrent uveitis. J Vet Diagn Invest 2007;19:686-690.
27. Bryans JT. Studies on equine leptospirosis. Cornell Vet 1955;45:16-50.
28. Bernard WV. Leptospirosis. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 1993;9:435-444.
29. Andrews NC. Disorders of iron metabolism. N Engl J Med 1999;341:1986-1995.
30. Borges AS, Divers TJ, Stokol T, et al. Serum iron and plasma fibrinogen concentrations as indicators of systemic inflammatory diseases in horses. J Vet Intern Med 2007;21:489-494.
31. Thiermann AB, Handsaker AL, Moseley SL, et al. New method for classification of leptospiral isolates belonging to serogroup Pomona by restriction endonuclease analysis: Serovar kennewicki. J Clin Microbiol 1985;21:585-587.
32. Adler B, Faine S. Host immunological mechanisms in the resistance of mice to leptospiral infections. Infect Immun 1977;17 :67-72.
33. Faine S. Leptospirosis. In: Balows A, Hausler WJ, Ohashi M, eds. Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Principles and Practice. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1988:344-352.
34. Cumberland P, Everard CO, Wheeler JG, et al. Persistence of anti-leptospiral IgM, IgG and agglutinating antibodies in patients presenting with acute febrile illness in Barbados 1979-1989. Eur J Epidemiol 2001;17:601-608.
35. Guerra MA. Leptospirosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;234:472-478, 430.
36. Langston CE, Heuter KJ. Leptospirosis. A re-emerging zoonotic disease. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2003;33:791-807.
37. Faine S, Adler B, Bolin C, et al. Persistence, privileged sites and carrier state. In: Leptospira and Leptospirosis. Melbourne: Medisci; 1999:76-78.
38. Matsunaga J, Barocchi MA, Croda J, et al. Pathogenic Leptospira species express surface-exposed proteins belonging to the bacterial immunoglobulin superfamily. Mol Microbiol 2003;49:929-945.
39. Palaniappan RU, Chang YF, Hassan F, et al. Expression of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein by Leptospira interrogans and evaluation of its diagnostic potential in a kinetic ELISA. J Med Microbiol 2004;53:975-984.
40. Faisal SM, Yan W, Chen CS, et al. Evaluation of protective immunity of Leptospira immunoglobulin like protein A (LigA) DNA vaccine against challenge in hamsters. Vaccine 2008;26:277-287.
41. Croda J, Ramos JG, Matsunaga J, et al. Leptospira immunoglobulin-like proteins as a serodiagnostic marker for acute leptospirosis. J Clin Microbiol 2007;45:1528-1534.