New Leptospira Monoclonal Antibodies

Leptospira are spiral shaped bacteria several of which are pathogenic causing the infection Leptospirosis. Animals including dogs and rodents can transmit infection to humans, usually through contact with infected urine. The Leptospira enter the blood stream and can lead to kidney failure or pulmonary bleeding. Recommended treatment is doxycycline.

Pathogenic Leptospira include species such as L. interrogans and L. kirschneri can be differentiated from non-pathogenic species by several markers. Chief among these markers are several outer membrane lipoproteins. 

ViroStat is a primary manufacturer, supplying infectious disease reagents to researchers and rapid test manufacturers since 1985. The company has just released a set of new Monoclonal Antibodies to the lipoprotein, LipL41. This is an abundant surface lipoprotein found on pathogenic species of Leptospira. These new antibodies form pairs to detect this marker via ELISA. Thus they have the potential to serve in additional immunoassay detection applications.

Go to the ViroStat website to download the data sheet for these new Monoclonal Antibodies.

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