Application of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of the agent of leptospirosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3954-3962

  Salaün, Laurence ^a,b   Mérien, Fabrice ^b   Gurianova, Svetlana ^c   Baranton, Guy ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^c ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROPICAL DISEASE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI;

EID: 33750959614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00336-06     Document Type: Article

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