First molecular identification of two Leptospira species (Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira wolffii) in Bangladesh

Authors :: M A Hossain
M.A. Aziz
Murshed Alam
Shyamal Kumar Paul
Nazia Haque
Nobumichi Kobayashi
Md. Shahidul Islam
S Ahmed
Meiji Soe Aung
A. Paul
M.M. Al Amin
M.A.H. Miah
S Roy
Source :: New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 31, Iss, Pp-(2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Elsevier, 2019.
Abstract: Leptospiral 16S rRNA genes were detected in 13 blood samples from 74 febrile patients in north-central Bangladesh, and their sequences phylogenetically clustered with those of Leptospira interrogans or Leptospira wolffii. Genetic diversity in O-antigen polymerase (wzy) was found in an L. interrogans sample. Keywords: Bangladesh, Leptospira interrogans, Leptospira wolffii, 16S rRNA, wzy

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