Efficacy of Leptospiral vaccine (vax-SPIRAL®) against challenge with strains isolated from leptospirosis epidemic in Nicaragua using the hamster as biomodel

Efficacy of Leptospiral vaccine (vax-SPIRAL®) against challenge with strains isolated from leptospirosis epidemic in Nicaragua using the hamster as biomodel

A hamster model was used to determine the protector capacity of vax-SPIRAL® against the lethal infection after challenge with 10,000 LD50 of four strains isolated of a leptospirosis outbreaks in Nicaragua. These strains were selected from a primary group of 16 belonging to the serogroup...

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Main Authors: Luis Alfredo Rosario Fernández, Niurka Batista Santiesteban, Daniel Francisco Arencibia Arrebola, Bárbara Yolanda Valdés Abreú, Willian Jirón Toruño, Chistyane Duttman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Veterinary World 2012-02-01
Series:Veterinary World
Subjects:
Leptospira
Heterologous protection
Natural Disaster
Biomodel
Endemic disease
Serogroup
Online Access:http://www.scopemed.org/mnstemps/2/2-1321498925.pdf

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