Development of a Multiple-Locus Variable Number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) for Leptospira interrogans and its application to Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis isolates from Far North Queensland, Australia

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Slack, Andrew T ^a   Dohnt, Michael F ^a   Symonds, Meegan L ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^a  

^a WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR AUSTRALIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 26844479096     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-4-10     Document Type: Article

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