Monitoring Leptospira strain collections: The need for quality control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-87

  Cerqueira, Gustavo M ^a   McBride, Alan J A ^b   Queiroz, Adriano ^c   Pinto, Luciano S ^d   Silva, Éverton F ^d   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^e   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b   Ko, Albert I ^f   Dellagostin, Odir A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CONTAMINATION; DATA BASE; GENE SEQUENCE; LABORATORY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPE; SPECIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; LEPTOSPIRA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 74049147803     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0558     Document Type: Article

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