Leptospira strains kept at the National Centre for Leptospirosis in Rome, Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-257

  Ciceroni, L ^a   Pinto, A ^a   Ciarrocchi, S ^a   Castellani Pastoris, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ITALY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CRICETINAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; ROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0035408557     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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