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. 2006 Aug;3(8):e302.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030302.

Molecular epidemiology of leptospirosis in the Amazon

David A Haake  1
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Molecular epidemiology of leptospirosis in the Amazon

David A Haake. PLoS Med. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Haake discusses a new study that applied molecular approaches to compare the density and diversity of leptospires in urban versus rural environmental water sources in the Peruvian Amazon.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: DAH's laboratory works on development of recombinant serodiagnostic and immunoprotective leptospiral antigens. He holds patents on several leptospiral outer membrane proteins (patent numbers 5,658,757; 5,824,321; 5,837,263; 5,989,547; 6,140,083; 6,306,623 B1; 6,632,434 B2; and 60/623,903).

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Scanning Electron Micrograph of Leptospira interrogans (Strain RGA)
The image shows two spirochetes bound to a 0.2-μm filter. Strain RGA was isolated in 1915 by Uhlenhuth and Fromme from the blood of a soldier in Belgium. (Image: CDC/NCID/HIP/Janice Carr)
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