Molecular characterization of virulent Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae isolated from Cavia aperea

Acta Tropica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-166

  Monte, Leonardo G ^a   Jorge, Sérgio ^a   Xavier, Marina A ^a   Leal, Fernanda M A ^a   Amaral, Marta G ^a   Seixas, Fabiana K ^a   Dellagostin, Odir A ^a   Hartleben, Cláudia P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian guinea pig; Leptospirosis; Wild rodent

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAVIA APEREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; RPOB GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CRICETINAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GUINEA PIGS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

CAVIA APEREA; CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84874932374     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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