Short report: Enumerating leptospires using the Coulter counter

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 962-963

  Humberd, Christina M ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^b   Stuart, Saundra K ^b   Reeb, Barbara A ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COULTER COUNTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROSCOPY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 28044449965     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.962     Document Type: Article

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