Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Article Title: Human Leptospirosis Caused by a New, Antigenically Unique Leptospira Associated with a Rattus Species Reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000213
Figure Lengend Snippet: Panel of Leptospiral Serogroup Antisera Used to Characterize “ Leptospira licerasiae ” strain VAR10 T .
Article Snippet: The strains studied included “ L. licerasiae ” serovar Varillal strain VAR 010 T , L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae strain HAI188 , L. fainei serovar Hurstbridge strain BUT6 T (ATCC BAA-1109 T ), as well as L. broomii ((ATCC BAA-1107 T and BAA-1108), L. weilii serovar Celledoni (ATCC 43285 T ), L. wolbachii serovar Codice (ATCC 43284 T ), L. biflexa serovar Patoc (ATCC 23482 T ), and Turneriella parva (ATCC BAA-1111 T ) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection, Virginia, USA.
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