Two new leptospiral serovars in the hebdomadis serogroup isolated from Zimbabwe cattle

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 694-698

  Feresu, Sara B ^a   Korver, Hans ^b   Riquelme, Natacha ^c   Baranton, Guy ^d   Bolin, Carole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029679993     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-694     Document Type: Article

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