Serological evidence of the persistence of infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo in cattle in Mongolia

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 865-869

  Odontsetseg, Namsraijav ^a   Sakoda, Yoshihiro ^a   Kida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Hardjo; Leptospirosis; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO;

EID: 25444498900     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03676.x     Document Type: Article

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