Research Article

Evaluation of Lsa46 and Lsa77 Leptospiral Proteins for Their Immunoprotective Activities in Hamster Model of Leptospirosis

Table 1

Protein conservation among strains of Leptospira.

GeneProtein givenStrainConservation %2
Locus¹name

LIC13479Lsa46L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni100
L. interrogans serovar Canicola99
L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae100
L. interrogans serovar Pomona99
L. interrogans serovar Hardjo100
L. kirschneri serovar Cynopteri92
L. kirschneri serovar Grippotyphosa92
L. santarosai serovar Shermani77
L. noguchii serovar Panama88
L. borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo-bovis77
L.biflexa serovar Patoc45

LIC10050Lsa77L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni100
L. interrogans serovar Canicola99
L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae100
L. interrogans serovar Pomona99
L. interrogans serovar Hardjo99
L. kirschneri serovar Cynopteri96
L. kirschneri serovar Grippotyphosa95
L. santarosai serovar Shermani89
L. noguchii serovar Panama96
L. borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo-bovis89
L.biflexa serovar Patoc44

¹http://aeg.ibi.ic.unicamp.br/world/lic/; LIC: Leptospira interrogans Copenhageni.
2http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi/.