Comparison of two multilocus sequence based genotyping schemes for Leptospira species

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Ahmed, Ahmed ^a   Thaipadungpanit, Janjira ^b,c   Boonsilp, Siriphan ^b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^b   Nalam, Kishore ^d   Spratt, Brian G ^e   Aanensen, David M ^e   Smythe, Lee D ^f   Ahmed, Niyaz ^d,g   Feil, Edward J ^h   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^a   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,i  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^h University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LIPL32 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 82555203056     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001374     Document Type: Article

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