Prevalence of Leptospira spp. in the kidneys of wild boars and deer in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-799

  Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Muto, Maki ^a   Yamada, Akio ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deer; Leptospira; Reservoir; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 68849130599     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.797     Document Type: Article

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