Interlaboratory agreement of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis identification of Leptospira serovars.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.12-0768

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Interlaboratory agreement of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis identification of Leptospira serovars.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2013

Mende Katrin, Galloway Renee L, Becker Sara J, Beckius Miriam L, Murray Clinton K, Hospenthal Duane R

Abstract excerpt

Leptospirosis may be caused by > 250 Leptospira serovars. Serovar classification is a complex task that most laboratories cannot perform. We assessed the interlaboratory reproducibility of a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) identification technique developed by the Centers for Disease Cont...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Genetic Variation
Laboratories
Leptospira
Phylogeny
Reproducibility of Results
Serotyping

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