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Novel genotypes of Leptospira interrogans serogroup Sejroe isolated from human patients in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2020
Kakita Tetsuya, Kyan Hisako, Miyahira Masato, Takara Taketoshi, Nakama Eri, Kuba Yumani, Kato Takashi, Nidaira Minoru, Kudaka Jun, Koizumi Nobuo
Abstract excerpt
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic spirochetes of Leptospira species. It is a public health issue in the tropics, including Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. This study reports the first isolation of L. interrogans serogroup Sejroe from two human patients in Japan, and describes its molecular characterization using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and multiple-locus...
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