Small mammals - natural reservoir of pathogenic leptospires

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 47, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Treml, František ^a   Pejcoch M ^b   Holesovska Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Hygienic Station Brno   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Free living mammals; L. grippotyphosa; Leptospiroses; Serological examinations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DILUTION; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0036826168     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5840-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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