History of leptospirosis and leptospira

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 387, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SPIROCHETE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 84921690123     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: 21969965     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45059-8_1     Document Type: Article

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