Distribution of leptospira interrogans by multispacer sequence typing in urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus): A survey in France in 2011-2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Ayral, Florence ^a   Zilber, Anne Laure ^a   Bicout, Dominique J ^b   Kodjo, Angeli ^a   Artois, Marc ^a   Djelouadji, Zoheira ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR COPENHAGENI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; MALE; MULTISPACER SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS;

EID: 84948658988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139604     Document Type: Article

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