“…In past, many workers have successfully used G1/G2 (Gravekamp et al, 1993, Oliveira et al, 2003, Cheema et al, 2007, Shivaraj et al, 2009, Mineiro et al, 2011, Dehkordi et al, 2011 and LipL32 primers (Bomfim et al, 2008, Meenambigai et al, 2011, Azizi et al, 2012 for diagnostic purpose. Nevertheless, other primers (LipL21, LipL32, LipL41, 16SrRNA) have also been used by various workers (Van Eys et al, 1989, Lucchesi et al, 2004, Lilenbaum et al, 2009, Shivraj et al, 2009, Ambily et al, 2012 for the detection of leptospiral DNA in various biological materials.…”