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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 328-333Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.12.007
Keywords
Leptospira spp.; Comparative genomics; Evolution; Pathogenesis
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Zhejiang University [2008A04]
- Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- French Ministry of Research ANR Jeunes Chercheurs [05-JCJC-0105]
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Leptospirosis has emerged to become a major public health problem in developing countries. The availability of complete sequences of strains representing saprophytic and pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira is providing insights into the evolution of virulence and survival mechanisms used by these bacteria to persist in different ecological niches. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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