Multilocus sequence analysis for typing Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 581-585

  Leon, Albertine ^a   Pronost, Stéphane ^a   Fortier, Guillaume ^a   Andre Fontaine, Geneviève ^b   Leclercq, Roland ^c  

^a Frank Duncombe Laboratory   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI;

EID: 75649144013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00543-09     Document Type: Article

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