A century of Leptospira strain typing

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 760-768

  Cerqueira, Gustavo M ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny; Spirochetes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; SECY PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 67651115678     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.06.009     Document Type: Review

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