Leptospira autumnalis isolated from a human case from Avadi, India, and the serovar's predominance in local rat and bandicoot populations

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 503-506

  Saravanan, R ^a   Rajendran, P ^a   Thyagarajan, S P ^a   Smythe, L D ^a   Norris, M A ^a   Symonds, M L ^a   Dohnt, M F ^a  

^a Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033870697     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813569     Document Type: Article

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