New Leptospira serovar Sokoine of serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae from cattle in Tanzania

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-597

  Mgode, G F ^a   Machang'u, R S ^a   Goris, M G ^b   Engelbert, M ^b   Sondij, S ^b   Hartskeerl, R A ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SOKOINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TANZANIA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; LEPTOSPIRA; SEROTYPING; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33645223110     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63278-0     Document Type: Article

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