Prevalence of leptospira spp. in various species of small mammals caught in an inner-city area in Switzerland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-109

  Adler, H ^a   Vonstein, S ^a   Deplazes, P ^b   Stieger, C ^b   Frei, R ^a  

^a Research Group Human Genetics   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INSECTIVORE; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SPECIES; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036200695     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801006380     Document Type: Article

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