Definitions

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  • noun important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

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Examples

  • On the opposing spread there are photos of crackling staphylococcus aureus, zig-zaggy leptospira, pickle-like vibrio, frightening spirillum volutans, a decaying tree, a microscope, and . . . wait for it . . . a bighorn sheep.

    Archive 2006-11-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • On the opposing spread there are photos of crackling staphylococcus aureus, zig-zaggy leptospira, pickle-like vibrio, frightening spirillum volutans, a decaying tree, a microscope, and . . . wait for it . . . a bighorn sheep.

    Review of the Day: The Invisible ABCs fusenumber8 2006

  • McParland PJ, Bryson DG, Cassells JA (1986) Prevalence of leptospira infection in aborted pigs in northern-ireland.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesca Scolamacchia et al. 2010

  • Feresu SB (1992) Isolation of leptospira interrogans from kidneys of zimbabwe beef cattle.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesca Scolamacchia et al. 2010

  • Yan KT, Ellis WA, Mackie DP, Taylor MJ, McDowell SWJ, et al. (1999) Development of an elisa to detect antibodies to a protective lipopolysaccharide fraction of leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo in cattle.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesca Scolamacchia et al. 2010

  • Cuba gave 2.4 million people two doses of a leptospira nosode as homeoprophylaxis against an expected outbreak of leptospirosis (a bacterial infection spread by rats, or by contaminated water) after unusually heavy rainfall.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Cuba gave 2.4 million people two doses of a leptospira nosode as homeoprophylaxis against an expected outbreak of leptospirisis (a bacterial infection spread by rats) after unusually heavy rainfall.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Cuba gave 2.4 million people two doses of a leptospira nosode as homeoprophylaxis against an expected outbreak of leptospirisis (a bacterial infection spread by rats) after unusually heavy rainfall.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Cuba gave 2.4 million people two doses of a leptospira nosode as homeoprophylaxis against an expected outbreak of leptospirisis (a bacterial infection spread by rats) after unusually heavy rainfall.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Cuba gave 2.4 million people two doses of a leptospira nosode as homeoprophylaxis against an expected outbreak of leptospirosis (a bacterial infection spread by rats, or by contaminated water) after unusually heavy rainfall.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

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