A clonal subpopulation of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto is the major cause of leptospirosis outbreaks in Brazil

Authors
Pereira, MM Matsuo, MGS Bauab, AR Vasconcelos, SA Moraes, ZM Baranton, G Saint Girons, I
Citation
Mm. Pereira et al., A clonal subpopulation of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto is the major cause of leptospirosis outbreaks in Brazil, J CLIN MICR, 38(1), 2000, pp. 450-452
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
450 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200001)38:1<450:ACSOLI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Leptospira is a highly diverse genus comprising many species and serogroups in Brazil as well as all over the world. However, a study by arbitrarily p rimed PCR of 44 leptospiral strains isolated from humans during three diffe rent outbreaks in Brazilian urban centers reveals that 43 of 44 isolates ex hibit very similar fingerprints, Analysis of these isolates indicates that ther belong to a clonal subpopulation of Leptospira interrogans sensu stric to.