Infection rate of Leptospira interrogans in the field rodent, Apodemus agrarius, in Korea

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 685-690

  Cho, M K ^a   Kee, S H ^a   Song, H J ^b   Kim, K H ^b   Song, K J ^c   Baek, L J ^c   Kim, H H ^d   Oh, H B ^d   Kim, Y W ^a   Chang, W H ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Microbiology Division   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; KOREA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPIROCHETE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KOREA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MURIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032423036     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001691     Document Type: Article

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