A new leptospiral serovar, ngavi, in the Tarassovi serogroup isolated from Zimbabwe oxen

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 207-213

  Feresu, Sara B ^a   Bolin, Carole A ^b   Korver, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leptospira; RFLP analysis; Serogroup Tarassovi; Serological analyses; Serovar ngavi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0031953270     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-1-207     Document Type: Article

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