Leptospira and leptospirosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Adler, Ben ^a   de la Peña Moctezuma, Alejandro ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECREATION; URINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 73949084950     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.03.012     Document Type: Review

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