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Rev Latinoam Microbiol
; 38(1): 39-43, 1996.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8783904
RESUMO
The EDTA extract was prepared from the Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae. When inoculated subcutaneously in hamsters it conferred protection from challenge with virulent leptospires with a low dose (10 micrograms/ml) and low agglutinating antibody (40). The protection of animals obtained by the EDTA extract opens up the perspective of its use as a component of a vaccine for the control of leptospirosis.