| Identifier |
wh_ch56_p3109_2 |
| Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Leptospira and Leptospirosis |
| Creator |
Robert L. Lesser, MD |
| Affiliation |
(RLL) The Eye Care Group, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Neurology at Yale, Clinical Professor of Neurology and Surgery (Neurosurgery) at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
| Subject |
Infectious Diseases; Leptospira; Leptospirosis |
| Description |
The family Leptospiraceae contains only one genus, Leptospira (from the Greek words lepto, meaning ""thin"" or ""fine,"" and spira, meaning ""coil""). As their name implies, Leptospira are finely coiled, motile spirochetes that are 620 micrometers long and 0.1 micrometers wide. Although there are more than 200 serotypes of pathogenic leptospires, all of the serotypes pathogenic to humans belong to a single species, L. interrogans. Infection with this spirochete causes a disease called leptospirosis. |
| Date |
2005 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
| Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mw5rj7 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
| ID |
185615 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw5rj7 |
