Collares-Pereira M

First isolation of human Leptospira strains, Azores, Portugal

Autores: Ahmed A, Carreira T, Collares-Pereira M, Gonçalves AT, Harstkeerl RA, Hyde K, Melo-Mota F, Mota-Vieira L, Nunes MS, Paiva C, Vieira ML
Ano de Publicação: 2010
Journal: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413339

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was the first identification of Leptospira isolates from Azorean inpatients. METHODS: Whole blood samples from 68 inpatients attending the São Miguel Hospital between 2006 and 2008, with a clinical and epidemiological suspicion of leptospirosis, were inoculated in a transport medium broth at the patient’s bedside and further processed using […]
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Emergence, control and re-emerging leptospirosis: dynamics of infection in the changing world.

Autores: Collares-Pereira M, Ellis WA, Hartskeerl RA
Ano de Publicação: 2011
Journal: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Emergence%2C+control+and+re-emerging+leptospirosis%3A+dynamics+of+infection+in+the+changing+world

Globally, leptospirosis poses an increasing public health problem, as evidenced by markedly increasing incidence rates and multiple outbreaks in all continents. Yet, the disease is severely neglected and hence, its global burden is largely unknown.
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Collares-Pereira M

First isolation of human Leptospira strains, Azores, Portugal

Emergence, control and re-emerging leptospirosis: dynamics of infection in the changing world.

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