Comparison of Bacterial Burden and Cytokine Gene Expression in Golden Hamsters in Early Phase of Infection with Two Different Strains of Leptospira interrogans

• Rie Fujita,

  Affiliations Graduate School of Bio-Applications & Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nobuo Koizumi ,

  * E-mail: nkoizumi@niid.go.jp

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiromu Sugiyama,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Rina Tomizawa,

  Affiliations Graduate School of Bio-Applications & Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryoichi Sato,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bio-Applications & Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Ohnishi

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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