Hookey J V, Palmer M F
PHLS Leptospira Reference Laboratory, FAO/WHO Collaborating Centre, County Hospital, Hereford, U.K.
Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1991 Jun;275(2):185-99. doi: 10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80065-4.
The identification of Leptospira interrogans icterohaemorrhagiae strains from a number of Reference Laboratories were confirmed using monoclonal antibody (MoAb) and DNA restriction endonuclease (EcoR1) analyses. With a few exceptions, strain fidelity was demonstrated. Three clinical isolates and one isolate from a rat (Rattus norvegicus) were identified on DNA fragment patterns and found to be similar to the reference strains, icterohaemorrhagiae copenhageni, I. "icterohaemorrhagiae" Ictero I and I. icterohaemorrhagiae RGA.
