Direct detection of leptospiral material in human postmortem samples

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 581-586

  Brown, Paul D ^a   Carrington, Diane G ^b   Gravekamp, Claudia ^c   Van De Kemp, Herman ^c   Edwards, Charles N ^d   Jones, Stephen R ^d   Prussia, Patsy R ^d   Garriques, Stuart ^d   Terpstra, Wiepko J ^c   Levett, Paul N ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Detection; Immunofluorescence; Leptospira; PCR

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 10744221313     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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