Serovar Diversity of Pathogenic Leptospira Circulating in the French West Indies

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bourhy, Pascale ^a   Herrmann Storck, Cécile ^b   Theodose, Rafaelle ^c   Olive, Claude ^c   Nicolas, Muriel ^b   Hochedez, Patrick ^c   Lamaury, Isabelle ^b   Zinini, Farida ^a   Brémont, Sylvie ^a   Landier, Annie ^a   Cassadou, Sylvie ^d   Rosine, Jacques ^d   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b University of Antilles and Guyane   (Guadeloupe)

^c University Hospital of Fort de France   (Martinique)

^d French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS)   (Martinique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84876011380     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002114     Document Type: Article

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