Detection and characterization of Leptospira interrogans isolates from pet rats belonging to a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with leptospiros is [3]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-135

  Guerra, Beatriz ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Luge, Enno ^a   Draeger, Angelika ^a   Moos, Verena ^b   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^b   Jansen, Andreas ^c   Nöckler, Karsten ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MALE; MYALGIA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RATS;

EID: 38349056433     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47452-0     Document Type: Letter

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