A Dominant Clone of Leptospira interrogans Associated with an Outbreak of Human Leptospirosis in Thailand

• Janjira Thaipadungpanit,

  Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Vanaporn Wuthiekanun,

  Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Wirongrong Chierakul,

  Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Lee D. Smythe,

  Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Leptospirosis, Centre for Public Health Sciences, Queensland Health Scientific Services, Brisbane, Australia

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• Wimol Petkanchanapong,

  Affiliation National Institute of Health, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand

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• Roongrueng Limpaiboon,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Udon Thani General Hospital, Udon Thani, Thailand

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• Apichat Apiwatanaporn,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Udon Thani General Hospital, Udon Thani, Thailand

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• Andrew T. Slack,

  Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Leptospirosis, Centre for Public Health Sciences, Queensland Health Scientific Services, Brisbane, Australia

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• Yupin Suputtamongkol,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Nicholas J. White,

  Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Edward J. Feil,

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas P. J. Day,

  Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Sharon J. Peacock

  * E-mail: sharon@tropmedres.ac

  Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

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