Pathogenic and saprophytic Leptospira species in water and soils from selected urban sites in peninsular Malaysia

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-140

  Benacer, Douadi ^a,b   Who, Pei Yee ^a,b   Zain, Siti Nursheena Mohd ^a   Amran, Fairuz ^c   Thong, Kwai Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Leptospira; MAT; PCR; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SEROTYPING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; LAKES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALAYSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84875188589     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12154     Document Type: Article

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