Fool's Gold: Why Imperfect Reference Tests Are Undermining the Evaluation of Novel Diagnostics: A Reevaluation of 5 Diagnostic Tests for Leptospirosis von Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Turner, Elizabeth L., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Smythe, Lee D., Day, Nicholas P. J., Cooper, Ben, Peacock, Sharon J.

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Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region von Victoriano, Ann Florence B, Smythe, Lee D, Gloriani-Barzaga, Nina, Cavinta, Lolita L, Kasai, Takeshi, Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit, Ong, Bee Lee, Gongal, Gyanendra, Hall, Julie, Coulombe, Caroline Anne, Yanagihara, Yasutake, Yoshida, Shin-Ichi, Adler, Ben

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Diagnostic accuracy of real-time PCR assays targeting 16S rRNA and lipL32 genes for human leptospirosis in Thailand: a case-control study von Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Thaipadunpanit, Janjira, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Amornchai, Premjit, Boonslip, Siriphan, Smythe, Lee D, Limpaiboon, Roongrueng, Hoffmaster, Alex R, Day, Nicholas P J, Peacock, Sharon J

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A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for seven pathogenic Leptospira species von Boonsilp, Siriphan, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Amornchai, Premjit, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Bailey, Mark S, Holden, Matthew T G, Zhang, Cuicai, Jiang, Xiugao, Koizumi, Nobuo, Taylor, Kyle, Galloway, Renee, Hoffmaster, Alex R, Craig, Scott, Smythe, Lee D, Hartskeerl, Rudy A, Day, Nicholas P, Chantratita, Narisara, Feil, Edward J, Aanensen, David M, Spratt, Brian G, Peacock, Sharon J

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Leptospirosis in American Samoa--estimating and mapping risk using environmental data von Lau, Colleen L, Clements, Archie C A, Skelly, Chris, Dobson, Annette J, Smythe, Lee D, Weinstein, Philip

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A dominant clone of Leptospira interrogans associated with an outbreak of human leptospirosis in Thailand von Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Smythe, Lee D, Petkanchanapong, Wimol, Limpaiboon, Roongrueng, Apiwatanaporn, Apichat, Slack, Andrew T, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, White, Nicholas J, Feil, Edward J, Day, Nicholas P J, Peacock, Sharon J

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Identification of pathogenic Leptospira species by conventional or real-time PCR and sequencing of the DNA gyrase subunit B encoding gene von Slack, Andrew T, Symonds, Meegan L, Dohnt, Michael F, Smythe, Lee D

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Comparison of two multilocus sequence based genotyping schemes for Leptospira species von Ahmed, Ahmed, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Boonsilp, Siriphan, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Nalam, Kishore, Spratt, Brian G, Aanensen, David M, Smythe, Lee D, Ahmed, Niyaz, Feil, Edward J, Hartskeerl, Rudy A, Peacock, Sharon J

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Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: Epidemiology, Environmental Drivers, and the Management of Emergence von LAU, Colleen L, DOBSON, Annette J, SMYTHE, Lee D, FEARNLEY, Emily J, SKELLY, Chris, CLEMENTS, Archie C. A, CRAIG, Scott B, FUIMAONO, Saipale D, WEINSTEIN, Philip

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Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire? von Lau, Colleen L., Smythe, Lee D., Craig, Scott B., Weinstein, Philip

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Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change? von Lau, Colleen L, Skelly, Chris, Smythe, Lee D, Craig, Scott B, Weinstein, Philip

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Accuracy of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis in Thailand von SONTHAYANON, Piengchan, CHIERAKUL, Wirongrong, PEACOCK, Sharon J, WUTHIEKANUN, Vanaporn, THAIPADUNGPANIT, Janjira, KALAMBAHETI, Thareerat, BOONSILP, Siriphan, AMORNCHAI, Premjit, SMYTHE, Lee D, LIMMATHUROTSAKUL, Direk, DAY, Nicholas P

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Rapid Isolation and Susceptibility Testing of Leptospira spp. Using a New Solid Medium, LVW Agar von WUTHIEKANUN, Vanaporn, AMORNCHAI, Premjit, PEACOCK, Sharon J, PARIS, Daniel H, LANGLA, Sayan, THAIPADUNPANIT, Janjira, CHIERAKUL, Wirongrong, SMYTHE, Lee D, WHITE, Nicholas J, DAY, Nicholas P. J, LIMMATHUROTSAKUL, Direk

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A quantitative PCR (TaqMan) assay for pathogenic Leptospira spp von Smythe, Lee D, Smith, Ina L, Smith, Greg A, Dohnt, Michael F, Symonds, Meegan L, Barnett, Leonie J, McKay, David B

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Optimization of Culture of Leptospira from Humans with Leptospirosis von Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Smythe, Lee D, Symonds, Meegan L, Dohnt, Michael F, Slack, Andrew T, Limpaiboon, Roongreung, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, White, Nicholas J, Day, Nicholas P.J, Peacock, Sharon J

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Clinical diagnosis and geographic distribution of leptospirosis, Thailand von Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Sirisukkarn, Nisa, Daengsupa, Prayad, Sakaraserane, Prangyong, Sangkakam, Amornwadee, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Smythe, Lee D, Symonds, Meegan L, Dohnt, Michael F, Slack, Andrew T, Day, Nicholas P, Peacock, Sharon J

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The emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 2001 to 2013 von Lau, Colleen L, Skelly, Chris, Dohnt, Michael, Smythe, Lee D

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The Role of Leptospirosis Reference Laboratories von Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Smythe, Lee D.

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The Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) Is an Unreliable Predictor of Infecting Leptospira Serovar in Thailand von Smythe, Lee D, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Tiengrim, Surapee, Dohnt, Michael F, Symonds, Meegan L, Slack, Andrew T, Apiwattanaporn, Apichat, Chueasuwanchai, Sunee, Day, Nicholas P, Peacock, Sharon J

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Development of a Multiple-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) for Leptospira interrogans and its application to Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis isolates... von Slack, Andrew T, Dohnt, Michael F, Symonds, Meegan L, Smythe, Lee D

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