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. 2018 Sep:223:47-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.07.018. Epub 2018 Jul 21.

Heterologous protection elicited by a live, attenuated, Leptospira vaccine

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Heterologous protection elicited by a live, attenuated, Leptospira vaccine

Gerald L Murray et al. Vet Microbiol. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

A previously-described live, attenuated vaccine (M1352, serovar Manilae, serogroup Pyrogenes) was tested in the hamster model of infection for cross-protective immunity. The vaccine elicited strong, significant cross-protection against lethal infection by strains representing four serologically distinct leptospiral serovars (Grippotyphosa, Australis, Canicola, and Autumnalis). Combined with our previously reported protection against serovars Pomona and Manilae, this work demonstrates unequivocal proof of concept for cross-protective immunity in leptospirosis.

Keywords: Cross-protection; Leptospirosis; Live vaccine; Serovar.

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