Analysis of multilocus sequence typing for identification of Leptospira isolates in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3940-3942

  Romero, E C ^a   Blanco, R M ^a   Galloway, R L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FADD GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLMU GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; MREA GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PFKB GENE; PNTA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SUCA GENE; TPIA GENE;

BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROTYPING;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 80355141538     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01119-11     Document Type: Article

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