Comparison of Two Multilocus Sequence Based Genotyping Schemes for Leptospira Species

• Ahmed Ahmed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ahmed Ahmed, Janjira Thaipadungpanit

  * E-mail: a.ahmed@kit.nl

  Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Janjira Thaipadungpanit ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ahmed Ahmed, Janjira Thaipadungpanit

  Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Medical Proteomics Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Siriphan Boonsilp,

  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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• Kishore Nalam,

  Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Brian G. Spratt,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• David M. Aanensen,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Lee D. Smythe,

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

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• Niyaz Ahmed,

  Affiliations Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Edward J. Feil,

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

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• Rudy A. Hartskeerl,

  Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Sharon J. Peacock

  Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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