Multiplex PCR-based detection of Leptospira in environmental water samples obtained from a slum settlement

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-355

  Vital Brazil, Juliana Magalhães ^a   Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin ^a   de Oliveira, Fabiano Sutter ^b   Costa, Alberto Dias de Souza ^b   Hillen, Leandro ^b   Pereira, Martha Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Águas do Imperador SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leptospira spp; Multiplex PCR; Water sample

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 77953518821     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000300020     Document Type: Article

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