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

• Main Authors: Benacer, D., Siti NurSheena, M.Z., Fairuz, A., Galloway, R.L., Thong, Kwai Lin
• 格式: Article
• 语言: English
• 出版: NCBI 2013
• 主题: Q Science (General); General works
• 在线阅读: 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...