Human Leptospira isolates circulating in Mayotte (Indian Ocean) have unique serological and molecular features

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-311

  Bourhy, P ^a   Collet, L ^b   Lernout, T ^c   Zinini, F ^a   Hartskeerl, R A ^d   Van Der Linden, Hans ^d   Thiberge, J M ^a   Diancourt, L ^a   Brisse, S ^a   Giry, C ^b   Pettinelli, F ^b   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Hospital Centre of Mayotte (CHM)   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; GENOTYPE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAYOTTE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RRS SEQUENCING; SEROTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMOROS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI;

EID: 84856142169     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05931-11     Document Type: Article

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