Isolation and molecular characterization of leptospira interrogans and leptospira borgpetersenii isolates from the urban rat populations of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Benacer, D., Siti NurSheena, M.Z., Fairuz, A., Galloway, R.L., Thong, Kwai Lin
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: NCBI 2013
• الموضوعات: Q Science (General); General works
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9965/1/Benacer%2C_2014.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9965/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617856/

Rats are considered the principal maintenance hosts of Leptospira. The objectives of this study were isolation and identification of Leptospira serovars circulating among urban rat populations in Kuala Lumpur. Three hundred urban rats (73% Rattus rattus and 27% R. norvegicus) from three different si...