Survey of Leptospira spp in pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) in the Pantanal wetlands of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil by serology and polymerase chain reaction

This work reports a survey of Leptospira spp in pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) in the Pantanal wetlands of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil by serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Seventy pampas deer were captured in the dry season and surveyed using PCR, microscopic agglutinat...

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Main Authors: Anahí Souto Vieira, Grácia Maria Soares Rosinha, Carina Elisei de Oliveira, Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos, Paulo Andre Lima-Borges, Walfrido Moraes Tomás, Guilherme Miranda Mourão, Ana Cristina Reis Lacerda, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Flábio Ribeiro de Araújo, Ubiratan Piovezan, Carlos Andre Zucco, Aiesca Oliveira Pellegrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000600019&lng=en&tlng=en