A brief review on the laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-13

  O'keefe, Js ^a  

^a National Center for Disease Investigation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elisa; Laboratory; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CARE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036344135     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36242     Document Type: Article

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