Evidence of dog as a reservoir for human leptospirosis: A serovar isolation, molecular characterization and its use in a serological survey;Evidência do cão como reservatório da leptospirose humana: Isolamento de um sorovar, caracterização molecular e utilização em inquérito sorológico

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-300

  Soares Brod, Claudiomar ^a   Guimarães Aleixo, José Antonio ^a   Dorneles Jouglard, Sandra Denise ^a   Hartleben Fernandes, Claudia Pinho ^a   Rodrigues Teixeira, José Luis ^a   Dellagostin, Odir Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Isolation; Leptospira; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 23644435614     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000400003     Document Type: Article

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