Serovars of Leptospira isolated from dogs and rodents

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1059-1070

  Suepaul, S M ^a   Carrington, C V F ^a   Campbell, M ^a   Borde, G ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dogs; Isolation; Leptospirosis; Monoclonal antibodies; Rabbit antisera; Rodents; Serovars

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RATS;

EID: 77953609502     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990902     Document Type: Article

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