Serologic and molecular studies of Leptospira and leptospirosis among rats in the Philippines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 889-898

  Villanueva, Sharon Y A M ^a   Ezoe, Hirokazu ^b   Baterna, Rubelia A ^c   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a   Muto, Maki ^d   Koizumi, Nobuo ^d   Fukui, Takashi ^e   Okamoto, Yoshihiro ^e   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^e   Cavinta, Lolita L ^c   Gloriani, Nina G ^c   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMSTER; HEALTH SURVEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MESOCRICETUS; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR MANILAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77952714426     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0711     Document Type: Article

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