PCR and culture identification of pathogenic Leptospira spp. from coastal soil in leyte, Philippines, after a storm surge during super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6926-6932

  Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Miyahara, Satoshi ^a   Villanueva, Sharon Y A M ^a   Aramaki, Natsumi ^a   Ikejiri, Mami ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshie ^b   Guevarra, Jonathan P ^b   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^c   Gloriani, Nina G ^b   Yanagihar, Yasutake ^b,c   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; COASTAL ZONES; HURRICANES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEAWATER; SOILS; STORMS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; AFFECTED AREA; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL SOILS; HEPES BUFFER; PRIMARY CULTURE; STORM SURGES; SUPERNATANTS;

FLOODS;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL DISASTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINE INTRUSION; STORM SURGE; TYPHOON;

EASTERN VISAYAS; LEYTE [(PRV) EASTERN VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES;

LEPTOSPIRA;

CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84908284945     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02568-14     Document Type: Article

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