Waterborne Leptospirosis: Survival and Preservation of the Virulence of Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in Fresh Water

Current Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-142

  Andre Fontaine, Genevieve ^a   Aviat, Florence ^a   Thorin, Chantal ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MINERAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SEROTYPE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; LEPTOSPIRA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRESH WATER; GERBILLINAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84930417607     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-015-0836-4     Document Type: Article

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