Predominance of Leptospira wolffii in north-central Bangladesh, 2019.
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SUBMITTER: Rahman S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588863 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
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Predominance of <i>Leptospira wolffii</i> in north-central Bangladesh, 2019.
Rahman S S Paul S K SK Aung M S MS Ahmed S S Haque N N Raisul M N I MNI Choity J K JK Nila S S SS Ara H H Roy S S Khan M N A A MNAA Hossain M A MA Kobayashi N N
New microbes and new infections 20200919
<i>Leptospira</i> was detected in 48.9% of blood samples from 182 febrile patients in north-central Bangladesh in 2019. Most <i>Leptospira</i> were classified as <i>L. wolffii</i> (93%) on the basis of phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA genes, while others were assigned to <i>L. borgpetersenii</i> and <i>L. meyeri</i>. ...[more]
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