Isolation and molecular characterization of Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira borgpetersenii Isolates from the urban rat populations of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 704-709

  Benacer, Douadi ^a,b   Zain, Siti Nursheena Mohd ^a   Amran, Fairuz ^c   Galloway, Renee L ^d   Thong, Kwai Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; RATTUS RATTUS; SEROTYPE; URBAN AREA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84877138783     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0662     Document Type: Article

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