Abstract
In order to follow the course of acute human leptospirosis, an ELISA microtiter plate hybridization method was developed for the quantitative determination of Leptospira spp. in biological samples after PCR. The biotin-labelled amplified product (331 bp from the rrs gene) was hybridized with a complementary capture probe covalently linked onto aminated polystyrene wells, and detected using a colorimetric reaction. The mean detection limit was 50 copies per 10 μl. In a prospective study of human leptospirosis cases, we obtained evidence that a density of 104 leptospires per ml of blood is a critical threshold for the vital prognosis of the patients. The practicability of the method makes it suitable for use in tropical areas for multicentric studies. Such studies could lead to a better knowledge of the natural history of the human disease. The method is also suitable for experimental evaluation of improved antibiotic treatments for leptospirosis.
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