"Leptospira" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of aerobic, helical spirochetes, some species of which are pathogenic, others free-living or saprophytic.
| Descriptor ID |
D007919
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.475.475 B03.851.475.475
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leptospira" by people in Profiles.
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Covid-19 and leptospirosis: Cytokine storm and the use of steroids. Trop Doct. 2021 Jan; 51(1):128-130.
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[Leptospira-Zebra under the "corona herd"]. Internist (Berl). 2020 Nov; 61(11):1189-1192.
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Leptospira yasudae sp. nov. and Leptospira stimsonii sp. nov., two new species of the pathogenic group isolated from environmental sources. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Mar; 70(3):1450-1456.
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Severe Leptospirosis Features in the Spleen Indicate Cellular Immunosuppression Similar to That Found in Septic Shock. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:920.
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Values of diagnostic tests for the various species of spirochetes. Med Mal Infect. 2019 Mar; 49(2):102-111.
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Severe Heart Dysfunction Caused by Leptospiral Myocarditis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 11; 99(5):1108-1109.
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Uncommon manifestation of leptospirosis: a diagnostic challenge. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Oct 07; 2018.
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A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 10; 99(4):849-851.
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Outbreak of human leptospirosis linked to contaminated water bodies in Northern Israel, June to August 2018. Euro Surveill. 2018 09; 23(38).
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Fine-scale GPS tracking to quantify human movement patterns and exposure to leptospires in the urban slum environment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 08; 12(8):e0006752.