High-resolution melt-curve analysis of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-HRM) for the characterisation of pathogenic leptospires: Intra-serovar divergence, interserovar convergence, and evidence of attenuation in Leptospira reference collections

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Tulsiani, S M ^a,b   Craig, S B ^a,c   Graham, G C ^b,c   Cobbold, R C ^a   Dohnt, M F ^b   Burns, M A ^b   Jansen, C C ^b   Leung, L K P ^a   Field, H E ^d   Smythe, L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RATS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

LEPTOSPIRA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77956049759     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12786389891047     Document Type: Article

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