DOI: 10.1128/JCM.37.9.2904-2909.1999
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History
- Received January 20, 1999
- Returned for modification April 8, 1999
- Accepted June 4, 1999
- Published online September 1, 1999.
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- Henk L. Smits1*,
- Yulia V. Ananyina2,
- Annette Chereshsky3,
- Louella Dancel4,
- Rudy F. M. Lai-A-Fat,
- Howard D. Chee6,
- Paul N. Levett7,
- Toshiyuki Masuzawa8,
- Yasutake Yanagihara8,
- M. A. Muthusethupathi9,
- Eduard J. Sanders10,11,
- David M. Sasaki12,
- Harry Domen13,
- Claude Yersin14,
- Tin Aye15,
- Sandra L. Bragg15,
- George C. Gussenhoven1,
- Marga G. A. Goris1,
- Wiepko J. Terpstra1 and
- Rudy A. Hartskeerl1
- Department for Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands1;
- Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, Russia2;
- ESR: Health Communicable Disease Centre, Wellington, New Zealand3;
- Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Public Health, University of Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines4;
- Department of Dermatology and Department of Internal Medicine,6Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Surinam;
- Leptospira Laboratory, Ministry of Health and the Environment, St. Michael, Barbados7;
- Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, dUniversity of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan8;
- Department of Nephrology, Chennai Medical College of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India9;
- Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Born Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico10;
- Epidemiology Program Office11 and
- Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases,15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
- Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health, Hawaii, Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii12;
- Medical Microbiology Branch, Department of Health, Pearl City, Hawaii13; and
- Department of Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Victoria, Seychelles14
↵* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Meibergdreef 39, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-20-5665470. Fax: 31-20-6971841. E-mail: H.Smits{at}kit.nl.