Evaluation of a modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis approach for the identification of Leptospira serovars

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 628-632

  Galloway, Renee L ^a,b   Levett, Paul N ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NOT1; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 45349109339     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.628     Document Type: Article

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