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The characteristics of ubiquitous and unique Leptospira strains from the collection of Russian centre for leptospirosis.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Voronina Olga L, Kunda Marina S, Aksenova Ekaterina I, Ryzhova Natalia N, Semenov Andrey N, Petrov Evgeny M, Didenko Lubov V, Lunin Vladimir G, Ananyina Yuliya V, Gintsburg Alexandr L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Leptospira, the causal agent of leptospirosis, has been isolated from the environment, patients, and wide spectrum of animals in Russia. However, the genetic diversity of Leptospira in natural and anthropurgic foci was not clearly defined. METHODS: The recent MLST scheme was used for the analysis of seven pathogenic species. 454 pyrosequencing technology was the base of the whole genome...
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