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Analysis of Leptospira isolates from mainland Portugal and the Azores islands.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Apr 2000
Collares-Pereira M, Korver H, Cao Thi B V, Santos-Reis M, Bellenger E, Baranton G, Terpstra W J
Abstract excerpt
From 228 recent Leptospira isolates from mainland Portugal and Azorean wild mammals, 149 were characterized at the serovar level by monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), a quick serological method in epidemiological studies. In order to compare this antigenic information with that from new genetic techniques, a sample of isolates was analyzed through pulsed-field agarose gel electrophoresis (PFGE) (n=71), mapped...
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