Molecular epidemiology of Leptospirosis in northern Iran by nested polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing methods

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 899-903

  Zakeri, Sedigheh ^a   Sepahian, Neda ^a   Afsharpad, Mandana ^a   Esfandiari, Behzad ^a   Ziapour, Peyman ^a   Djadid, Navid D ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IRAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA WOLFFII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IRAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI;

EID: 77952684554     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0721     Document Type: Article

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