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First isolation of Leptospira noguchii serogroups Panama and Autumnalis from cattle.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 May 2015
Martins G, Loureiro A P, Hamond C, Pinna M H, Bremont S, Bourhy P, Lilenbaum W
Abstract excerpt
Prevention and control of leptospirosis are based on the knowledge of locally circulating strains. Thus, efforts to obtain local isolates are paramount to the epidemiological understanding of leptospirosis. We report and discuss here the first isolation of members of serogroups Autumnalis and Panama from cattle, both belonging to Leptospira noguchii species. Urine samples (n = 167) were collected directly by...
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