Target Gene | Leptospira cladea | Method | lLoDb | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
– | All Leptospira species | Darkfield microscopy | Semiquantitative | |
Non identified | Pathogenic clade | Conventional PCR | Semiquantitative | |
– | Pathogenic clade | Slot blot -Scanning laser densitometry | Semiquantitative | Zuerner et al. [49] |
16S rrna | Pathogenic clade Intermediate clade | TaqMan PCR | 10Â cells/mL of urine | |
lipl32 | Pathogenic clade | TaqMan PCR | 101 to 102Â cells/mL of urine | Sttodard et al. [52] |
lipl32 | Pathogenic clade | TaqMan PCR | 3GEq/4.5 μL of extracted DNA | Rojas et al. [32] |
lipl32 | Pathogenic clade | TaqMan PCR | 6 Geq/5 μL of extracted DNA | Villumsen et al. [53] |
gyrB | Pathogenic clade | SYTO9 PCR | 103Â cells/mL | Subharat et al. [54] |