Leptospirosis research: Fast, easy and reliable enumeration of mobile leptospires

Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-12

  Schreier, Stefan ^a   Triampo, Wannapong ^b   Doungchawee, Galayanee ^b   Triampo, Darapond ^b   Chadsuthi, Sudarat ^b  

^a MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Indirect counting; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; GROWTH CURVE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 70350007203     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602009000100001     Document Type: Article

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