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Isolation and Characterization of New Leptospira Genotypes from Patients in Mayotte (Indian Ocean)

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis has been implicated as a severe and fatal form of disease in Mayotte, a French-administrated territory located in the Comoros archipelago (southwestern Indian Ocean). To date, Leptospira isolates have never been isolated in this endemic region. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Leptosp...

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Autores principales: Bourhy, Pascale, Collet, Louis, Clément, Sabine, Huerre, Michel, Ave, Patrick, Giry, Claude, Pettinelli, François, Picardeau, Mathieu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20582311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000724