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2024Leptospira interrogans biofilm transcriptome highlights adaption to starvation and general stress while maintaining virulence., npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2024, 10 (1), pp.95. ⟨10.1038/s41522-024-00570-0⟩.
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2024Revisiting oxygen toxicity: evolution and adaptation to superoxide in a SOD-deficient bacterial pathogen., bioRxiv 2024 Sep; (): .
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2024Evolutionary insights into the emergence of virulent Leptospira spirochetes., PLoS Pathog 2024 Jul; 20(7): e1012161.
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2024Evolutionary insights into the emergence of virulent Leptospira spirochetes., bioRxiv 2024 Apr; (): .
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2024Inter-species Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals a Constitutive Adaptation Against Oxidative Stress for the Highly Virulent Leptospira Species., Mol Biol Evol 2024 Apr; 41(4): .
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2024A host-directed oxadiazole compound potentiates antituberculosis treatment via zinc poisoning in human macrophages and in a mouse model of infection., PLoS Biol 2024 Apr; 22(4): e3002259.
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2024Diagnosis of human leptospirosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of the Leptospira microscopic agglutination test, PCR targeting Lfb1, and IgM ELISA to Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge., BMC Infect Dis 2024 Feb; 24(1): 168.
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2024Transcriptomic Insights into the Genetic Regulations of Leptospira interrogans within a Mature Biofilm., Biology of Spirochetes, Jan 2024, Ventura Beach Marriott, CA, United States.
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2023Core genome sequencing and genotyping of Leptospira interrogans in clinical samples by target capture sequencing, BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023, 23 (1), pp.157. ⟨10.1186/s12879-023-08126-x⟩.
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2023Histones with an unconventional DNA-binding mode in vitro are major chromatin constituents in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus., Nat Microbiol 2023 Nov; 8(11): 2006-2019.
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2023Phylogenomics of Leptospira santarosai, a prevalent pathogenic species in the Americas., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023 Nov; 17(11): e0011733.
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2023Horizontal transfer of the rfb cluster in Leptospira is a genetic determinant of serovar identity., Life Sci Alliance 2023 Feb; 6(2): .
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2023Genetic diversity of Leptospira strains circulating in humans and dogs in France in 2019-2021., Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023 ; 13(): 1236866.
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2022Diving into the complexity of the spirochetal endoflagellum., Trends Microbiol 2022 Oct; (): .
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2022Zoonoses and gold mining: A cross-sectional study to assess yellow fever immunization, Q fever, leptospirosis and leishmaniasis among the population working on illegal mining camps in French Guiana., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Aug; 16(8): e0010326.
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2022Alive Pathogenic and Saprophytic Leptospires Enter and Exit Human and Mouse Macrophages With No Intracellular Replication., Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022 ; 12(): 936931.
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2022Corrigendum: Escape of TLR5 recognition by Leptospira spp.: A rationale for atypical endoflagella., Front Immunol 2022 ; 13(): 932151.
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2021The oxidative stress response of pathogenic Leptospira is controlled by two peroxide stress regulators which putatively cooperate in controlling virulence., PLoS Pathog 2021 Dec; 17(12): e1009087.
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2021The FUR-like regulators PerRA and PerRB integrate a complex regulatory network that promotes mammalian host-adaptation and virulence of Leptospira interrogans., PLoS Pathog 2021 Dec; 17(12): e1009078.
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2021Leptospira ainlahdjerensis sp. nov., Leptospira ainazelensis sp. nov., Leptospira abararensis sp. nov. and Leptospira chreensis sp. nov., four new species isolated from water sources in Algeria., Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021 Dec; 71(12): .
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2021Genetic diversity of Leptospira isolates in Lao PDR and genome analysis of an outbreak strain., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021 12; 15(12): e0010076.
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2021Role of the major determinant of polar flagellation FlhG in the endoflagella-containing spirochete Leptospira., Mol Microbiol 2021 Oct; (): .
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2021Pathogenesis insights from an ancient and ubiquitous spirochete., PLoS Pathog 2021 10; 17(10): e1009836.
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2021International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Leptospiraceae Minutes of the closed meeting, 10 July 2019, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021 Aug; 71(8): .
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2021Ending the Neglect of Treatable Bacterial Zoonoses Responsible for Non-Malaria Fevers., Yale J Biol Med 2021 Jun; 94(2): 351-360.
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2021Correction: 12 Novel clonal groups of Leptospira infecting humans in multiple contrasting epidemiological contexts in Sri Lanka., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021 May; 15(5): e0009471.
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2021A case report: insights into reducing plastic waste in a microbiology laboratory., Access Microbiol 2021 Mar; 3(3): 000173.
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2021Leptospira dzianensis and Leptospira putramalaysiae are later heterotypic synonyms of Leptospira yasudae and Leptospira stimsonii., Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021 Feb; (): .
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2021Pathogenic Leptospira and water quality in African cities: A case study of Cotonou, Benin., Sci Total Environ 2021 Feb; 774(): 145541.
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20204-Methylcytosine DNA modification is critical for global epigenetic regulation and virulence in the human pathogen Leptospira interrogans., Nucleic Acids Res 2020 Dec; 48(21): 12102-12115.
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2020The transcriptional response of pathogenic Leptospira to peroxide reveals new defenses against infection-related oxidative stress., PLoS Pathog 2020 Oct; 16(10): e1008904.
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2020Circulating genotypes of Leptospira in French Polynesia : An 9-year molecular epidemiology surveillance follow-up study., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 09; 14(9): e0008662.
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2020Correction: Genus-wide Leptospira core genome multilocus sequence typing for strain taxonomy and global surveillance., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 08; 14(8): e0008673.
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2020Improving the serodiagnosis of canine Leishmania infantum infection in geographical areas of Brazil with different disease prevalence., Parasite Epidemiol Control 2020 Feb; 8(): e00126.
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