Leptospira interrogans and leptospira kirschneri are the dominant leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in central Malaysia

Leptospira interrogans and leptospira kirschneri are the dominant leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in central Malaysia

Background Leptospirosis, commonly known as rat-urine disease, is a global but endemic zoonotic disease in the tropics. Despite the historical report of leptospirosis in Malaysia, the information on human-infecting species is limited. Determining the circulating species is important to understand it...

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Main Authors: Affendy, N.B (Author), Arif, M. (Author), Goarant, C. (Author), Goris, M.G.A (Author), Masri, S.N (Author), Nagandran, E. (Author), Neela, V.K (Author), Philip, N. (Author), Raja, P. (Author), Ramli, S.N.A (Author), Renganathan, P. (Author), Seganathirajah, M. (Author), Sekawi, Z. (Author), Taib, N.M (Author), Than, L.T.L (Author), Yuhana, M.Y (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2020
Subjects:
adult
Adult
agglutination test
Agglutination Tests
animal
Animals
Article
bacterial gene
bacterium isolation
blood
classification
comparative study
DNA extraction
DNA sequence
female
Female
gene probe
gene sequence
Genes, Bacterial
genetics
human
Humans
isolation and purification
Leptospira
Leptospira interrogans
leptospira kirschneri
leptospirosis
Leptospirosis
major clinical study
Malaysia
male
Male
microbiology
middle aged
Middle Aged
mixed infection
molecular diagnosis
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
molecular probe
multilocus sequence typing
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Netherlands
pathogenicity
polymerase chain reaction
Polymerase Chain Reaction
prospective study
risk assessment
RNA 16S
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
rodent
rodent disease
Rodent Diseases
Rodentia
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Serologic Tests
serology
tropical disease
urine
young adult
Young Adult
Zoonoses
zoonosis
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