title: Analysis of multilocus sequence typing for identification of Leptospira isolates in Brazil.
abstract: A collection of 101 Leptospira isolates was tested by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and by traditional serotyping. MLST divided the isolates into 4 sequence types (STs), while serotyping classified them into 6 serogroups. Two isolates failed to generate products for some genes by MLST. MLST was less discriminatory than serotyping for uncommonly occurring isolates from humans in Brazil.
authors: Center of Bacteriology, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: E C
authors: EC
authors: Romero
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Blanco
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Galloway
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods*; D012703:Serotyping