Detection and Quantification of Leptospira interrogans in Hamster and Rat Kidney Samples: Immunofluorescent Imprints versus Real-time PCR

• Adenizar D. Chagas-Junior,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Caroline L. R. da Silva,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Luciane Marieta Soares,

  Affiliation Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Cleiton S. Santos,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Carlos D. C. M. Silva,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Daniel A. Athanazio,

  Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Mitermayer G. dos Reis,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Flávia W. Cruz McBride,

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Alan J. A. McBride

  * E-mail: alan.mcbride@ufpel.edu.br

  Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Biotechnology, Centre for Technology Development, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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