Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades
Invitan a la
VII Reunión de la International Leptospirosis Society
Mérida Yucatán, México
19 a 22 de Septiembre de 2011
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VIIth meeting of the International Leptospirosis Society
"Manuel Cepeda Peraza" auditorium, Centro Universitario Cultural, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
September 19th - 22nd, 2011. Mérida, Yucatán, MEXICO
Scientific program
SUNDAY 18th
Time
16:00 - 19:00 hrs
Registration at "La Casa del Balam" hotel lobbie.
MONDAY 19th
Time
8:00 - 9:00 hrs
Registration at Centro Cultural Universitario, UADY
9:00 - 9:45 hrs
Opening ceremony. Chairperson: Dr. María Alejandra Ayanegui Alcérreca
Dr. Jorge Ernesto Zavala Velázquez
Mexican researcher, pioneer in the study of leptospirosis in Mexico
Time
Presentation /Authors
Chairperson: Dr. Juan Garza Ramos
Keynote speeches
9:45
Update about surveillance, researches and training on leptospirosis in Cuba and relationship with Center America and Caribbean.
Dr. Carmen Fernández Molina, Tropical Medicine Institute “Pedro Kourí”, Havana, Cuba
10:00
Human leptospirosis, the experience in Merida Yucatan, Mexico
Dr. Hugo Laviada Molina, Faculty of Medicine. University Marista of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
10:15
Mounting Effective Responses to Leptospirosis: Public Health Challenges and Needs
Professor Albert Icksang Ko, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, USA
10:30
Leptospirosis, a piece of the global concept of: One Health
Dr. Juan Garza Ramos, Dept. de Microbiología e Inmunología, Fac. de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
10:45
Round table, Chairperson: Dr. Juan Garza Ramos
11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break at Centro Universitario Cultural
MONDAY 19th
Continues
Oral presentations: Epidemiology
Chairperson: Dr. Jorge I Torres Barranca / Dr. José Segura Correa
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
11:30
M5
Incidence of Leptospirosis in Animals in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
Jessica Petrakovsky*, Martha Maria Pereira
11:45
M6
Outbreak of Leptospirosis; control for location in a map of obtained patients of the hospital surveillance –Mexico, Tabasco 2007
Ivan R. Zuñiga*, A. Bernal , B. Baeza M. Dominguez
12:00
M7
Profile of deaths due to Leptospirosis in Brazil, from 2007 to 2010, reported to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN/SVS/MS)
Maria de Lourdes Nobre Simões Arsky*, Eduardo Caldas, Martha Maria Pereira
12:15
M8
Study of leptospirosis of wildlife in Argentina
Bibiana Brihuega*, Sylvia Grune, Exequiel Scialfa, Virginia Rago, Graciela Romero, Carmelo Auteri, Luis Samartino
12:30
M9
Risk Factors associated with bovine Leptospirosis in the State of Veracruz, Mexico
Anabel Cruz-Romero*, Dora Romero-Salas, Silvia López-Ortiz, Zeferino Garcia-Vazquez, Francisco Olea-Popelka
12:45
M10
Epidemiological study of Leptospira spp. infected cattle from Southern Chile and its associated risk factors
Gustavo Monti*, Ana Quilapi, Mónica Pradenas, Sergio Leiva
13:00
M11
Serovar characterization of Leptospira isolates from animals and water in Colombia.
Claudia Romero-Vivas, Virginia Rodriguez *, Alfonso Calderón, Germán Arrieta , Salim Mattar, Margaret Cuello, Paul Levett, Dorothy Thiry, Andrew Falconar
13:15
M12
Antibody findings against Leptospira interrogans and Brucella canis in dogs from a canine asylum in Mexico City
Miguel A. Luna Álvarez*, Magdalena González López, Jesús Vázquez Navarrete, Nohemí Fierro Hernández, Norma Sierra Romero
13:30
M13
Distinguishing viable from non-viable Leptospira using propidium monoazide-qPCR
Angelo Moreno*, Brianna Tarnower, Michael A. Matthias, Joseph M. Vinetz
13:45
M14
Leptospirosis in free-ranging exotic deer from Tamaulipas, Mexico
Christian Bautista-Piña*, Dora Romero-Salas, Zeferino García-Vazquez, Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Antonio Cantú-Covarrubias
MONDAY 19th
Continues
Oral presentations: Epidemiology
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
14:00
M15
Vaccination of farmed deer against leptospirosis: risk-based, public health and economic approaches to decision-making
Peter Wilson*, Cord Heuer, Suptsak Subharat, Alejandra M Ayanegui-Alcérreca, Julie Collins-Emerson
14:15 - 15:20
Late luch, buffet at "Casa del Balam" hotel
Chairperson: Dr. Ma. Alejandra Ayanegui Alcérreca / Dr. Carlos Pérez Osorio
15:30
M16
Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona in a small island ecosystem: leptospirosis in the Channel Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) and spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis amphiala)
Katherine Prager*, Angela Guglielmino, Tim Coonan, Duy M. Bui, Renee Galloway, Rich Zuerner, James Lloyd-Smith
15:45
M17
Sero - prevalence and shedding of pathogenic leptospires in a sheep and cattle abattoir
Fang Fang*, Jackie Benschop, Wilson Peter, Julie Collins-Emerson, Cord Heuer
16:00
M18
Seroprevalence of Leptospira spp. among rodents in Taiwan
Rodents as reservoirs of multiple pathogens - is one etiological diagnosis enough?
Josipa Habus*, Vesna Mojcec, Zrinka Stritof, Zoran Milas, Vilim Staresina, Ante Tadin, Alemka Markotic, Relja Beck, Josip Margaletic, Marko Vucelja, Linda Bjedov, Nenad Turk
16:30 - 17:30
Poster presentations: Epidemiology (P1 - P17)
Side lobby of "Casa del Balam" hotel
17:30 - 19:30
ILS Executive meeting (Poster presentations keep going)
“Dr. Eduardo Urzaiz Rodríguez” room
19:30 - 21:00
Welcome dinner includes finger food and folklore dancers / traditional yucatecan music (at the main court of Centro Cultural Universitario)
From 21:00
"La Vaqueria" (tradicional Yucatecan dances). Merida Main Square (walking distance from your hotel)
TUESDAY 20th
Time
Presentation /Authors
Chairperson: Prof. Albert Icksang Ko
Keynote speeches
8:30
T1
Eco-epidemiology of leptospirosis in Latin America
Dr. Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi*, Gerardo Acosta, Marcelo Gonzalez, Renee Galloway, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Maria Diuk-Weisser. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
8:45
T2
Leptospirosis in California sea lions: long-term data raise unexpected questions
Dr. James Lloyd-Smith, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
9:00
T3
Experiencias en leptospirosis animal y su riesgo para salud pública
Dr. Miguel Angel Luna Alvarez, CENID-Microbiología Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias. México
9:15
Round table, Chairperson: Prof. Albert Icksang Ko
Oral presentations: Epidemiology
Chairperson: Dr. Claudia Muñóz Zanzi
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
9:30
T4
Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010 – Epidemiology, Environmental Drivers, and Risk Prediction
Colleen Lau*, Lee Smythe, Annette Dobson, Emily Fearnley, Archie Clements, Scott Craig, Chris Skelly, Saipale Fuimaono, Philip Weinstein
9:45
T5
Evaluation of the culture EMJH conventional and modified medium for the growth of Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae under two conditions: static and agitated
Epidemiology of pathogenic serovars of Leptospira interrogans in the principal port city of Colombia
Claudia M. E. Romero-Vivas*, Margarett Cuello-Pérez, Piedad Agudelo-Flórez, Paul Levett, Andrew K.I. Falconar
10:15
T7
Association of ovarian follicular cysts with the presence of antibodies and agents related with the main reproductive infectious diseases in cows
Lizsully Cedillo Sánchez*, Víctor Manuel Banda Ruiz, Elizabeth Morales Salinas, Eugenio Villagómez Amezcua
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee break at Centro Universitario Cultural
TUESDAY 20th
Continues
Oral presentations: Clinical / Diagnosis
Chairpersons: Dr. Antonio Ortega Pacheco / Dr. Miguel Angel Luna Alvarez
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
10:50
T8
Atypical Lymphocytosis in Leptospirosis: A Cohort of Hospitalized Cases Between 1996-2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Paulo Vieira Damasco*, Carlos André Lins Ávila, Angélica Tápia Barbosa, Marilza de Moura Ribeiro-Carvalho, Geraldo Moura Batista Pereira, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Márcio Neves Bóia, Martha Maria Pereira
11:05
T9
Incidence of Fatal Leptospirosis — Puerto Rico, 2010
Tyler M. Sharp*, Renee L. Galloway, Aidsa Rivera, Rosa Rodriguez-Acosta, Sherif R. Zaki, Kay M. Tomashek
11:20
T10
Leptospirosis infection in meat workers in New Zealand - Prevalence, new infection rate and risk factors
Anou Dreyfus*, Peter Wilson, Jackie Benschop, Julie Collins-Emerson, Cord Heuer
11:35
T11
Post mortem diagnosis of leptospirosis in patients with jaundice hemorrhagic syndrome in Venezuela
Marta Cardona Escobar*, Rosalba Moros V., Ismar Rivera-Olivero, Marwan Aguilar, Keyla Gómez, Dulce Morón, Eneida López L.
11:50
T12
Study of leptospirosis outbreak in a family of the conurbation zone of Guadalajara
Accuracy of the Dual Path Platform (DPP) assay for the rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis
Guilherme S. Ribeiro*, Scott A. Nabity, Marco A. Medeiros, Daniele Takahashi, Carolina L. Aquino, Alcinéia O. Damião, André H. O. Gonçalves, Demócrito B. Miranda-Filho, Rena Greenwald, Javan Esfandiari, Konstantin Lyashchenko, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko.
12:35
T15
Validation of a Leptospira in-house ELISA
Anne Mayer-Scholl*, Enno Luge, Peter Bahn, Karsten Nöckler
12:50
T16
Evaluation of ELISA antigens for leptospiral serodiagnosis in different stages of the disease
Norma Bibiana Vanasco*, Javier Lottersberger, Sergio A. Guerrero, Yosena Chiani, María F. Schmeling, Héctor D. Tarabla
TUESDAY 20th
Continues
Oral presentations: Clinical / Diagnosis
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
13:05
T17
Novel ELISAs based on Leptospira endoflagella: Concurrent use of three assays ensures high diagnostic accuracy in human leptospirosis
Steen Villumsen*, Hanne Kristine Møller, Ida Jannike Bjerrum-Bohr, Niels H. H. Heegaard , Anne Mette Lebech, Michael Christiansen, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt
13:30 - 15:00
Late luch, buffet at "Casa del Balam" hotel
Oral presentations: Clinical / Diagnosis
Chairpersons: Dr. Carmen Fernández Molina / Dr. Eliseo Portilla de Buen
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
15:00
T18
Infection kinetics of high and low dose of Leptospira interrogans in the hamster model determined by a quantitative real time PCR assay
Elsio A. Wunder Jr.*, Gisele R. Santos, Cláudio P. Figueira, Robyn Stoddard, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Michael A. Matthias, Joseph M. Vinetz, Mathieu Picardeau, Kristel Lourdault, Mitermayer G. dos Reis, Albert I. Ko
15:15
T19
Utility of quantitative PCR in leptospirosis diagnosis and prediction of outcome
Suneth B. Agampodi*, Michael A. Matthias, Joseph M.Vinetz
15:30
T20
Identification of Leptospira isolates by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) in Venezuela
Eneida López L*, Lorena Atencio de Guiñez, Guillermina Alonso, Rosalba Moros V, Ismar Rivera-Olivero, Marta Cardona
15:45
T21
Evaluation of use of the recombinant LipL32 in ELISA for measurement of specific antibody in serum of patients for serodiagnosis of leptospiral infection in Yucatán
Radamés Álvarez Zapata*, Juan José Arias-León, Ignacio Vado-Solís, María Fidelia Cárdenas Marrufo, Bertha Jiménez-Delgadillo
Leptospiral Outer Membrane Proteins: New Insights into Host Tissue Interactions, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Immunoprotection
Prof. David A. Haake, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, USA
8:50
W2
Motility and chemotaxis in Leptospira spp. and their contribution to virulence
Prof. Mathieu Picardeau, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
9:10
Round table, Chairperson: Prof. Ben Adler
Oral presentations: Clinical / Diagnosis
Chairperson: Dr. Claudia Muñóz Zanzi
Time
Presentation /Authors
9:30
W3
Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Mayotte and identification of circulating Leptospira isolates
P. Bourhy*, T. Lernout, L. Collet, F. Zinini, R. Hartskeerl, J.M. Thibergé, L. Diancourt, S. Brisse, A. Achirafi, C. Giry, F. Pettinelli, L. Filleul, M. Picardeau
9:45
W4
Proficiency Testing Data Show Differences between Laboratories in the Sensitivity of the Microscopic Agglutination Test
Roderick J. Chappel*, Marga Goris, Martin F. Palmer, Rudy A. Hartskeerl
10:00
W5
Comparison of two MLST schemes for molecular Identification of Leptospira isolates obtained in Mexico
Carmona-Gasca CA*, León Lara L, Castillo Sánchez LO, Luna Alvarez MA, Torres Barranca JI, Vado Solis I, Ko AL, Harskeerl R, Ahmed N, De la Peña-Moctezuma A
10:15
W6
Combined VNTRs and MLST analysis improves typification of Leptospira interrogans isolates from Argentina
Human Complement Properdin binds to Leptospira spp and controls its proliferation in vitro
Adriana Patricia Granados Martínez*, Silvio de Arruda Vasconcellos, Mohamed R. Daha, Angela Silva Barbosa, Lourdes Isaac
10:45
W8
Serological responses to a Trivalent Leptospiral Vaccine in pregnant hinds and progeny
Ayanegui-Alcérreca MA*, Wilson Peter, Cord Heuer, Julie Collins Emerson, Castillo-Alcalá Fernanda, Midwinter Anne
11:00 - 11:20
Coffee break at Centro Universitario Cultural
Wednesday 21st
Continues
Oral presentations: Immunology
Chairpersons: Prof. David Haake / Dr. Alfredo Sahagún Ruiz
Time
Number
Presentation /Authors
11:20
W9
Analysis of Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) for human leptospirosis
Krishna Kanchan Sharma*, P Madhavilatha, Usha Kalawat
11:35
W10
Cloning of chemotactic receptors from Syrian hamster
Raúl Mendoza Moreno, Alfredo Sahagún Ruiz*, Alejandro de la Peña Moctezuma
11:50
W11
Cytokine profile in golden hamster infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola
Karla Mollinedo B*, Alfredo Sahagún Ruiz, Alejandro de la Peña Moctezuma
12:05
W12
Gene expression profiles of immune mediators related to histopathological findings in animal models of leptospirosis: comparison between susceptible hamsters and resistant mice
Mariko Matsui*, Vincent Rouleau, Cyrille Goarant
12:20
W13
Role of Gr1+ cells in experimental murine leptospirosis
Gabriela Prêtre*, N Olivera, Maia Cedola, Lucrecia Alberdi, Ricardo M Gomez
12:35
W14
Cleavage of complement proteins by leptospiral secreted proteases: an evasion strategy against host immunity?
Hap1/Lipl32 serological response of swine is related to the virulence of the strains used to challenge
Laval Arlette, Perreul Guillaume, Chatrenet Benoit, Andre-Fontaine Genevieve*
13:05
W16
Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins contribute to immune evasion by interacting with human complement regulators FH, FHR-1 and C4BP.
Mónica M. Castiblanco*, T R. Fraga, Ludmila B. Silva, Denise Monaris, Patrícia A. E. Abreu, Stefanie Strobel, Mihály Józsi, Lourdes Isaac, Angela S. Barbosa
13:20
W17
Role of Th1 and Th2 immune response in cases of leptospirosis from hospitalized patients
Martha Premlatha M*, Kaur I R, Avasthi R, Dey A.B, Chaudhry R
13:35
W18
Adjuvant activity of Salmonella FliCi flagellin in the development of a subunit vaccine against leptospirosis
Deletion of the Leptospira biflexa bat genes and characterization of the mutant strains
Philip E. Stewart*, H H. Stone, Amit Sarkar, Mathieu Picardeau, Patricia A. Rosa
9:00
Y2
lipL32 gene expression in pathogenic strains of Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae in different stages of growth
Patricia Hernández-Rodríguez*, Rosario Santos A, Arlen P Gómez Ramírez
9:15
Y3
Evaluation of the virulence of ligA and ligB mutants by in vivo competition experiments
Kristel Lourdault*, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., Albert I. Ko, Mathieu Picardeau
9:30
Y4
A conserved Phe-Trp interaction in immunoglobulin-like domains of Lig proteins is a requirement for fibronectin binding
Rajeev Raman*, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Christopher P. Ptak , Yogendra Sharma, Yung-Fu Chang
9:45
Y5
The structure of a calcium-binding leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein (LigB) domain of Leptospira interrogans
Christopher P. Ptak, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Yi-Pin Lin, Alexander S. Maltsev, Rajeev Raman, Yogendra Sharma, Ad Bax, Robert E. Oswald, Yung-Fu Chang*
10:00
Y6
Identification of DNA repair pathways in Leptospira spp
Marinalva Martins-Pinheiro, Luciane S da Fonseca, Leonardo Hiroyuki Santos M, Paulo Lee Ho, Renata M Augusto da Costa*
10:15
Y7
Characterization of novel leptospiral OmpA-like protein that mediates binding to extracellular matrix components and plasminogen
Rosane de Oliveira* , Zenaide Maria de Morais , Amane Paldes Gonçales, Eliete Calo Romero , Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos, Ana L. T. O. Nascimento
10:30- 10:50
Coffee break at Centro Universitario Cultural
Oral presentations: Genomics / Proteomics
Chairperson: Prof. David Haake
Time
Presentation /Authors
10:50
Y8
Genotyping Brazilian Leptospira spp strains by amplified fragment length polymorphism
Fabiana Miraglia*, Zenaide M Morais, Andréa M Moreno, Taís S. P.Ferreira, Julio C Freitas, Ádina C Delbem, Rudy A. Hartskeerl, Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos
11:05
Y9
Genomic characterization of pathogenic Leptospira spp by Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat method
Application of real time PCR (qPCR) in the identification and the characterization of genes associated with pathogenicity in strains of Leptospira spp isolated from cattle in the Savanna of Bogotá (Colombia)
Identification of immunodominant antigens in Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni using a protein microarray approach
Carolina Lessa Aquino*, Jozelyn Pablo, Mandana Farhadieh, Marco Alberto Medeiros, Mitermeyer Reis Galvao, Albert Ko, Douglas R. Molina, Xiaowu Liang, Philip Felgner
11:50
Y12
Characterization of Urinary IgG from Reservoir Hosts of Leptospirosis
Rubén Bonilla-Santiago, Margo Goris, Rudy Hartskeerl, Jarlath E. Nally*
Keynote speech
12:05
Y13
Leptospira and leptospirosis. What makes this spirochete an intriguing challenge to clinicians and scientists?
Prof. Ben Adler, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Roderick J. Chappel
12:30
Concluding remarks and closing ceremony
13:00
Transportation to Mani
15:15
Late lunch at Mani
17:15
Group photo at Mani convent
17:40
Transportation to Uxmal, light and sound
20:00
Uxmal Light and Sound show
22:00
Transportation back to Merida
Poster presentations
Poster presentations
MONDAY
P1
Epidemiology of Leptospira interrogans in hog farms of the Department of Cordoba, Colombia
Virginia Rodríguez, Alfonso Calderón, Germán Arrieta B*, Salim Máttar
P2
Serologic and molecular diagnosis of leptospirosis in cart horses from an endemic area in Southern Brazil
Mariane Angélica P. Finger, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho, Leila S. Ullmann, Mariana Kikuti, Helio Langoni, Christian Leutenneger, Peterson Triches Dornbush, Ivan Deconto, Ana Paula Marinho, Alexander Welker Biondo*
P3
Confirmed human cases of leptospirosis in Venezuela. 1998-2010
Moros V Rosalba, Cardona Marta N*, Aguilar Marwan, Rivera-Olivero Ismar, López Eneida
P4
Epidemiology of Leptospira infections in hospitalized patients in Panama during 2000-2010
Identification of antileptospiral antibodies in horses from 14 different farms
Erika González V, Dolores G Gavaldón R, Jorge I Torres B, Lilia Y Benavides P, Christopher Mendez Z, Luis P. Moles C*
P10
Leptospirosis study within sheep productive units at Irapuato municipality, Guanajuato state, Mexico.
Luna Alvarez Miguel A*, Santos ME, Socci EG, Pedroza PD, Hernández OI, Sierra RN
P11
Standardization and evaluation of ELISA IgM in the diagnosis of human leptospirosis in Yucatan, Mexico.
María Cárdenas-Marrufo, Carlos Pérez-Osorio C*, Victor Suarez-Solís, Ignacio Vado-Solís
P12
Leptospirosis in the two species of elephant seals (Mirounga spp.)
Mercedes Itzel Serrano de la Vega*, Simona Sanvito, Filippo Galimberti
P13
Effectiveness of a novel combination of selective agents for the isolation of leptospires from environmental soils and water
Mitsumasa Saito*, Antara Chakraborty, Satoshi Miyahara, Sharon Y.A.M. Villanueva, Nina G. Gloriani, Yasutake Yanagihara, Shin-ichi Yoshida
P14
Detection of leptospiral antibodies by Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) in captive semi-aquatic turtles
Natalia Hernández León1*, Daniel Atilano López2, Luis Andrés Castro Fuentes1, Ángel García Hernández1
P15
Identification of Prevalent Leptospira Serovars in the Philippines
Nina G. Gloriani*, Lolita L. Cavinta, Rubelia A. Baterna, Crystal Amiel Estrada, Anna Kriselda Rivera , Shin-ichi Yoshida, Sharon Y.A.M. Villanueva , Yasutake Yanagihara
P16
Serological and molecular investigation of canine leptospirosis in Japan
Control of Leptospirosis in sheep farms with abortions in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico
Enrique Herrera López*, Víctor M. Banda Ruíz, Guadalupe Socci E, Erika G. Palomares Resendiz, Arturo Orea M
P24
Serologic diagnosis of leptospirosis and timing of patient sample collection: Benefit of late-acute-phase sera in case confirmation
Andréia C. Santos, Deborah B. Fraga, Nilzelene Silva, Edilane L. Gouveia, Adriano Q. Silva, Balbino Lino, Elsio A. Wunder Jr, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Guilherme S. Ribeiro*
P25
Canine leptospirosis, report of four clinical cases
Martha A. González D, Juan Gabriel Cadena L, Luis P.Moles C*, Dolores Gavaldón R
P26
Utilization of serological and molecular detection tools for fatal and severe leptospirosis
Renee L. Galloway*, Tyler M. Sharp, Aidsa Rivera, Candimar Colon, Kay Tomashek, Alex R. Hoffmaster
P27
Pathogenicity in Hamsters of 4 Leptospira Isolates from the Philippines: Histopathological Studies
Sharon Yvette Angelina M. Villanueva*, Mitsumasa Saito, Yutaka Tsutsumi, Rubelia A. Baterna, Takaya Segawa, Tatsuma Asoh, Satoshi Miyahara, Yasutake Yanagihara, Shin-ichi Yoshida
P28
No evidence of leptospirosis as cause of severe uveitis in Denmark
Steen Villumsen*, Tim Kåre Jensen, Jan Ulrik Prause, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt
P29
Leptospira Interrogans serovar Losbanos invades mainly through oral or esophageal mucosa in oral infection.
Development of microcapsule agglutination test (MCAT?for the diagnosis of leptospirosis in the Philippines
Toshiyuki Masuzawa*, Takashi Fukui, Jun Kanemura, Yoshihiro Okamoto, Yasutake Yanagihara, Sharon Y.A.M. Villanueva, Shin-ichi Yoshida, Rubelia A. Baterna, Nina G. Gloriani
WEDNESDAY
P36
Isolation and characterization of Leptospira spp. from bovine kidney samples obtained from harvest plants in Georgia USA
Sreekumari Rajeev*, Marcia Ilha, Candice Jackson and, Jill Johnson
P37
Leptospira inadai in domestic and peridomestic animals in an Ecuadorian urban slum.
Verónica Barragán*, Gabriela Arroyo, Melba Morales, Carmina Pinargote, Catty Yepez, María Eugenia Mejía, Nadya López, Gladys Escobar, Gabriel Trueba
P38
Serologic diagnosis of Leptospira interrogans in goat productions of Guerrero, Mexico
Alberto López Herrera, Enrique Herrera López*, Víctor M. Banda Ruíz, Guadalupe Socci E, Ángel Mejía V, Rubén Santos E, Erika G. Palomares Resendiz, Efrén Díaz A
P39
Leptospira interrogans surface-coated with human plasmin acquire immune evasion activity
Monica L. Vieira*, Zenaide M. de Morais, Silvio A. Vasconcellos, Eliete C. Romero, Ana L. T. O. Nascimento
P40
Evaluation of novel fusion proteins derived from extracellular matrix binding domains of LigB as vaccine candidates against leptospirosis in a hamster model.
Yongguo Cao*, Syed M. Faisal, Weiwei Yan, Yu-Chen Chang, Sean P. McDonough, Naisheng Zhang, Bruce L. Akey, Yung-Fu Chang
P41
Serological and molecular studies on UK isolates of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup of Leptospira interrogans
Zbigniew Arent*, Colm Gilmore, William Ellis
P42
Leptospira presence in the Mesoamerican Turtle (Dermatemys mawii) at three Wildlife Conservation Units (UMA) in Tabasco, Mexico
Eriane Hernández Tario*, Claudia Elena Zenteno Ruiz.
P43
Establishment of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test in order to detect Leptospira in urine and tissues
Guadalupe Socci Escatel*, Elvira Carrera Salas, Víctor Banda Ruiz, Miguel Luna Álvarez, Enrique Chávez Castañeda, Enrique Herrera López
P44
Standardization of a new protocol of PCR for veterinary diagnosis of leptospirosis
Camila Hamond, Rafael Lawson-Ferreira, Cristiane Pestana, Walter Lilenbaum, Marco Alberto Medeiros*
P45
Positivity to pathogenic Leptospira DNA in dogs in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Proteomic analysis of urine of rats infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar Manilae
Takaya Segawa*, Kazuko H. Nomura, Sharon Y.A.M. Villanueva, Jun Fujii, Shin-ichi Yoshida
P51
Comparative analysis of the in vitro growth inhibition of leptospires applied to sown with the potency test of vaccine in vivo with challenge in hamsters
Amane Paldês Gonçales*, Gisele Oliveira de Souza, Zenaide Maria de Morais, Patricia Antônia Estima Abreu, Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos
P52
Leptospiral Immunoglobulin-like Domain Proteins: Regulation and Immunoprotection
James Matsunaga, Mariana Coutinho, Henry A. Choy, Melissa Kelley, Marija Pinne, Jane Babbitt, Michael S. Lewis, Jose Antonio G. Aleixo, David A. Haake*
P53
Evaluation of cross – reactivity of a comercial vaccine with strains of Leptospira spp isolated in Mexico.
Jaqueline Morales León*, Jorge I. Torres Barranca, Luis P. Moles y Cervantes, Dolores G. Dolores Gavaldón and Lilia Y. Benavides Plascencia
P54
Comparative antigenicity of four strains of Leptospira from the Hardjo serovar and of one strain of the Wolffi serovar
Guillermo Arias S, Jorge I Torres B, Lilia Y Benavides P*, Dolores Gavaldón R, Alejandro Aldama O, Luis P Moles C
P55
Induction of apoptosis by Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorragiae via caspase-3
Márcia Marinho1*, Cilene Táparo Vidovix, Heitor Flávio Ferrari, André Augusto Botega Silva, João Paulo Sampaio Góes, Cristina Maria Rodrigues Monteiro, Silvia Helena Venturolli Perri,Tereza Cristina Cardoso Silva
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