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This raised the question of whether these responses could suppress a subsequent challenge with pathogenic\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We inoculated C3H\/HeJ mice with a single or a double dose of\n                    <jats:italic>L. biflexa<\/jats:italic>\n                    before challenge with a pathogenic serovar,\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira interrogans<\/jats:italic>\n                    serovar Copenhageni FioCruz (LIC). Pre-challenge exposure to\n                    <jats:italic>L. biflexa<\/jats:italic>\n                    did not prevent LIC dissemination and colonization of the kidney. However, it rescued weight loss and mouse survival thereby mitigating disease severity. Unexpectedly, there was correlation between rescue of overall health (weight gain, higher survival, lower kidney fibrosis marker ColA1) and higher shedding of LIC in urine. This stood in contrast to the\n                    <jats:italic>L. biflexa<\/jats:italic>\n                    unexposed LIC challenged control. Immune responses were dominated by increased frequency of effector T helper (CD4+) cells in spleen, as well as significant increases in serologic IgG2a. Our findings suggest that exposure to live saprophytic\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    primes the host to develop Th1 biased immune responses that prevent severe disease induced by a subsequent challenge with a pathogenic species. Thus, mice exposed to live saprophytic\n                    <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    before facing a pathogenic serovar may withstand infection with far better outcomes. 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