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Rapid, actionable diagnosis of urban epidemic leptospirosis using a pathogenic Leptospira lipL32-based real-time PCR assay

BACKGROUND: With a conservatively estimated 1 million cases of leptospirosis worldwide and a 5–10% fatality rate, the rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis leading to effective clinical and public health decision making is of high importance, and yet remains a challenge. METHODOLOGY: Based on parallel, p...

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Autores principales: Riediger, Irina N., Stoddard, Robyn A., Ribeiro, Guilherme S., Nakatani, Sueli M., Moreira, Suzana D. R., Skraba, Irene, Biondo, Alexander W., Reis, Mitermayer G., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Vinetz, Joseph M., Ko, Albert I., Wunder, Elsio A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5617227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005940