Similarities in Leptospira serogroup and species distribution in animals and humans in the Indian ocean island of Mayotte

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-140

  Desvars, Amélie ^a,b   Naze, Florence ^a   Vourc'h, Gwenaël ^c   Cardinale, Eric ^b   Picardeau, Mathieu ^d   Michault, Alain ^a   Bourhy, Pascale ^d  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion GHSR   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c EPIA   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; KIDNEY; LEMURIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAYOTTE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMOROS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; HUMANS; LEMUR; LEPTOSPIRA; RATS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEMURIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; PTEROPODIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 84863757460     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0102     Document Type: Article

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