A unique genotype of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona type kennewicki is associated with equine abortion

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Timoney, John F ^a   Kalimuthusamy, Natarajaseenivasan ^a   Velineni, Sridhar ^a   Donahue, J Michael ^b   Artiushin, Sergey C ^a   Fettinger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variant; Horse; Leptospira Pomona type kennewicki; Lk73.5; VNTR 4; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARNIVORA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MARE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; SEROTYPE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VETERINARY ABORTION; WILDLIFE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

CANIDAE; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; MEPHITIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PROCYON;

EID: 79955978416     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.049     Document Type: Article

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