An Optimized Method for Quantification of Pathogenic Leptospira in Environmental Water Samples

• Irina N. Riediger ,

  * E-mail: iriediger@yahoo.com.br (INR); arnau.casanovas@yale.edu (ACM)

  Affiliation Central Laboratory of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Alex R. Hoffmaster,

  Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Arnau Casanovas-Massana ,

  * E-mail: iriediger@yahoo.com.br (INR); arnau.casanovas@yale.edu (ACM)

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3301-6143

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• Alexander W. Biondo,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Albert I. Ko,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Robyn A. Stoddard

  Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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