Comparison of three diagnostic techniques for the detection of leptospires in the kidneys of wild house mice (Mus musculus)

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-10

  Rossetti, Carlos A ^a,d   Vanasco, Bibiana N ^b   Pini, Noemí ^c   Carfagnini, Julio C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Dr Emilio Coni   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques; Leptospires; Lesions; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUBULE; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SILVER IMPREGNATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOMERULUS; LEPTOSPIRA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 2442478149     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2004000100003     Document Type: Article

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