A clonal subpopulation of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto is the major cause of leptospirosis outbreaks in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 450-452

  Pereira, M M ^a   Matsuo, M G S ^b   Bauab, A R ^b   Vasconcelos, S A ^c   Moraes, Z M ^c   Baranton, G ^d   Saint Girons, I ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Zoonosis Control Center   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BRAZIL; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033976941     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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