Serovar distribution of a DNA sequence involved in the antigenic relationship between Leptospira and equine cornea

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-5

  Lucchesi, Paula M A ^a   Parma, Alberto E ^a   Arroyo, Guillermo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; GENETICS; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII SEROVAR TARASSOVI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 18744389500     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-3     Document Type: Article

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