First molecular identification of two Leptospira species (Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira wolffii) in Bangladesh. (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aziz, M.A.; Aung, M.S.; Paul, S.K.; Ahmed, S.; Haque, N.; Roy, S.; Al Amin, M.; Paul, A.; Miah, M.A.H.; Alam, M.K.; Islam, M.S.; Hossain, M.A.; Kobayashi, N.
• Is Part Of: New microbes and new infections. Volume 31(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Bangladesh -- Leptospira interrogans -- Leptospira wolffii -- 16S rRNA -- wzy; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100570
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2975

Abstract

Abstract: Leptospiral 16S rRNA genes were detected in 13 blood samples from 74 febrile patients in north-central Bangladesh, and their sequences phylogenetically clustered with those of Leptospira interrogans or Leptospira wolffii . Genetic diversity in O-antigen polymerase ( wzy ) was found in an L. interrogans sample.