Serovar diversity of pathogenic Leptospira circulating in the French West Indies.

• Main Authors: Pascale Bourhy (Author), Cécile Herrmann Storck (Author), Rafaelle Theodose (Author), Claude Olive (Author), Muriel Nicolas (Author), Patrick Hochedez (Author), Isabelle Lamaury (Author), Farida Zinini (Author), Sylvie Brémont (Author), Annie Landier (Author), Sylvie Cassadou (Author), Jacques Rosine (Author), Mathieu Picardeau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is one of the most important neglected tropical bacterial diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, very little is known about the circulating etiological agents of leptospirosis in this region. In this study, we describe the serological and molecular features o...