Molecular detection and speciation of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in blood from patients with culture-negative leptospirosis

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Published online 2011 December 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-338

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Table 1

Leptospira spp.used in this study

Serovar	Serogroup	Strain	Species	Status
Lai	Icterohaemorrhagiae	Lai	L. interrogans	Pathogen

Cynopteri	Cynopteri	3522C	L. kirschneri	Pathogen

Fortbragg	Autumnalis	Fort Bragg	L. noguchii	Pathogen

Javanica	Javanica	Veldrat Batavia 46	L. borgpetersenii	Pathogen

Manhao3	Manhao	L60	L. alexanderi	Pathogen

Alice	Autumnalis	Alice	L. santarosai	Pathogen

Pingchang	Ranarum	80-412	L. alstonii	Pathogen

Sarmin	Sarmin	Sarmin	L. weilii	Pathogen

Lyme	Lyme	10	L. inadai	Intermediate

Khorat	-	H2	L. wolffii	Intermediate

Hualin	Icterohaemorrhagiae	LT11-33	L. terpstrae	Non-pathogen

Semaranga	Semaranga	Veldrat Semaranga 173	L. meyeri	Non-pathogen

Patoc	Semaranga	Patoc I	L. biflexa	Non-pathogen

Codice	Codice	CDC	L. wolbachii	Non-pathogen

Saopaulo	Semaranga	Sao Paulo	L. yanagawae	Non-pathogen

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