Detection and quantification of leptospira interrogans in hamster and rat kidney samples: Immunofluorescent imprints versus real-time PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Chagas Junior, Adenizar D ^a   da Silva, Caroline L R ^a   Soares, Luciane Marieta ^b   Santos, Cleiton S ^a   Silva, Carlos D C ^a   Athanazio, Daniel A ^a,b   dos Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   McBride, Flávia W Cruz ^a   McBride, Alan J A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENT IMPRINT METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPL32 GENE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SYRIAN HAMSTER; WISTAR RAT;

CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR COPENHAGENI; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; INFECTION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84857671783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032712     Document Type: Article

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