Reservoir hosts of Leptospira inadai in India

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 793-799

  Gangadhar, N L ^a   Rajasekhar, M ^a   Smythe, L D ^b   Norris, M A ^b   Symonds, M L ^b   Dohnt, M F ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bandicota; Isolation; Leptonema; Leptospira inadai; Leptospirosis; Pathogenicity; Polymerase chain reaction; Rattus; Reservoir hosts; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BANDICOTA; BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS; BANDICOTA INDICA; LEPTOSPIRA INADAI; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MURIDAE; RABBIT; RAT; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MURIDAE; RABBITS; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 0039000031     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.19.3.1251     Document Type: Article

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