First record of Leptospira borgpetersenii isolation in the Amami Islands, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 429-434

  Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Sakakibara, Seiji ^b   Imai, Yasuyuki ^b   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Fujita, Hiromi ^d   Tsurumi, Miyako ^e   Sato, Fumio ^e   Takano, Ai ^a,f,g   Nogami, Sadao ^f   Kaneda, Kazuhide ^h   Watanabe, Haruo ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^e YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amami Island; Field rat; Leptospira; LRFP

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; LEPTOSPIRA; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; REVIEW; SEROTYPE;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 33745273851     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03811.x     Document Type: Review

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