Search for Mycobacterium leprae in wild mammals

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Pedrini, Sílvia Cristina Barboza ^a   Rosa, Patrícia Sammarco ^a   Medri, Ísis Meri ^b   Moura̧o, Guilherme ^b   Bagagli, Eduardo ^c   de Magalha̧es Lopes, Carlos Alberto ^c  

^a INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cabassous tatouay; Dasypus novemcinctus; Eco epidemiology; Euphractus sexcinctus; Mycobacterium leprae; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERRET; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA PIG; HEDGEHOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 77954795492     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1413-8670(10)70010-6     Document Type: Article

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