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The findings clearly demonstrated that the pattern of immunoreactive bands could be used to differentiate between leptospires of different serogroups, consistent with MAT results. There was a multi-band pattern that was unique for the pathogenic <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic> antigens and was not observed in the non-pathogenic <jats:italic>Leptospira biflexa<\/jats:italic> and non-leptospiral bacteria (i.e. <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Burkholderia pseudomallei<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Helicobacter pylori<\/jats:italic>). For pathogenic <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic> species, a prominent smear-like band at approximately 19\u201330 kDa was present when the antigens were probed with the homologous antisera. The molecular size of the prominent band, although it showed a cross-reaction between members within the same serogroup, differed among different serovars. The results obtained from polyclonal antibodies (antisera) were confirmed using mAb. 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