Leptospira DNA detection for the diagnosis of human leptospirosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  de Abreu Fonseca, Claudia ^a   Teixeira, Marta Maria Geraldes ^a   Romero, Eliete Caló ^b   Tengan, Fátima Mitiko ^a   da Silva, Marcos Vinícius ^c   Shikanai Yasuda, Maria Aparecida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leptospira DNA; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test; PCR

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 30944437837     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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