Human Leptospirosis: Seroreactivity and Genetic Susceptibility in the Population of São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

Lisa M. Esteves; Sara M. Bulhões; Claudia C. Branco; Francisco M. Mota; Clara Paiva; Rita Cabral; Maria Luisa Vieira; Luisa Mota-Vieira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108534

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Human Leptospirosis: Seroreactivity and Genetic Susceptibility in the Population of São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

Lisa M. Esteves,

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Sara M. Bulhões,

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Claudia C. Branco,

Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Azores Genetics Research Group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Centre for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Francisco M. Mota,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Clara Paiva,

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Rita Cabral,

Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Azores Genetics Research Group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Maria Luisa Vieira,

Affiliation Leptospirosis and Lyme Borreliosis Group, Unit of Medical Microbiology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Luisa Mota-Vieira

* E-mail: Luisa.MQ.Vieira@azores.gov.pt

Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Azores Genetics Research Group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Centre for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Human Leptospirosis: Seroreactivity and Genetic Susceptibility in the Population of São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

Lisa M. Esteves,
Sara M. Bulhões,
Claudia C. Branco,
Francisco M. Mota,
Clara Paiva,
Rita Cabral,
Maria Luisa Vieira,
Luisa Mota-Vieira

Published: September 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108534

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