First Isolation and Direct Evidence for the Existence of Large Small-Mammal Reservoirs of Leptospira sp. in Madagascar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Rahelinirina, Soanandrasana ^a   Léon, Albertine ^b   Harstskeerl, Rudy A ^c   Sertour, Natacha ^d   Ahmed, Ahmed ^c   Raharimanana, Claudine ^a   Ferquel, Elisabeth ^d   Garnier, Martine ^d   Chartier, Loïc ^d   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^e   Rahalison, Lila ^a   Cornet, Muriel ^d,f  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b Biology and Innovative Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancers group   (France)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MADAGASCAR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECTIVORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECTIVORA; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MADAGASCAR; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649638207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014111     Document Type: Article

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