Serovar Diversity of Pathogenic Leptospira Circulating in the French West Indies

Pascale Bourhy; Cécile Herrmann Storck; Rafaelle Theodose; Claude Olive; Muriel Nicolas; Patrick Hochedez; Isabelle Lamaury; Farida Zinini; Sylvie Brémont; Annie Landier; Sylvie Cassadou; Jacques Rosine; Mathieu Picardeau

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002114

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Serovar Diversity of Pathogenic Leptospira Circulating in the French West Indies

Pascale Bourhy,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France
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Cécile Herrmann Storck,

Affiliation University Hospital of Pointe à Pitre, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Rafaelle Theodose,

Affiliation University Hospital of Fort de France, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Martinique, French West Indies
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Claude Olive,

Affiliation University Hospital of Fort de France, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Martinique, French West Indies
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Muriel Nicolas,

Affiliation University Hospital of Pointe à Pitre, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Patrick Hochedez,

Affiliation University Hospital of Fort de France, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Martinique, French West Indies
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Isabelle Lamaury,

Affiliation University Hospital of Pointe à Pitre, Department of Bacteriology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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Farida Zinini,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France
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Sylvie Brémont,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France
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Annie Landier,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France
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Sylvie Cassadou,

Affiliation French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Interregional epidemiology unit of French West Indies (Cire Antilles-Guyane), Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies
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Jacques Rosine,

Affiliation French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Interregional epidemiology unit of French West Indies (Cire Antilles-Guyane), Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies
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Mathieu Picardeau

* E-mail: mathieu.picardeau@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France
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Serovar Diversity of Pathogenic Leptospira Circulating in the French West Indies

Pascale Bourhy,
Cécile Herrmann Storck,
Rafaelle Theodose,
Claude Olive,
Muriel Nicolas,
Patrick Hochedez,
Isabelle Lamaury,
Farida Zinini,
Sylvie Brémont,
Annie Landier

Published: March 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002114

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