FlaB PCR-based Identification of Pathogenic Leptospiral Isolates

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Natarajaseenivasan, Kalimuthusamy ^a   Vijayachari, Paluru ^b   Sharma, Sameer ^b   Sugunan, Attayoor Purushothaman ^b   Vedhagiri, Kumaresan ^a   Selvin, Joseph ^a   Sehgal, Subhash Chandra ^b  

^a Sch Life Sci Bharathidasan U   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

8 azaguanine; B64I II; flaB, PCR; G1 G2; pathogenic leptospires

Indexed keywords

8 AZAGUANINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; FLAB GENE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; URINALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77949679554     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60009-6     Document Type: Article

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