Application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the discrimination of leptospiral isolates in Brazil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-627

  Romero, Eliete C ^a   Blanco, R M ^a   Galloway, R L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Clinical isolates; Identification; Leptospira spp.; MAT; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; GELATION; GELS;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; IDENTIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA SPP.; MAT; PFGE;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

DISEASE; ELECTROKINESIS; EPIDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

LEPTOSPIRA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 64849099217     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02580.x     Document Type: Article

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