R L Galloway

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Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evaluation of a modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis approach for the identification of Leptospira serovars
    Renee L Galloway
    Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:628-32. 2008
  2. ncbi Assessing cost effectiveness of empirical and prophylactic therapy for managing leptospirosis outbreaks
    R L Galloway
    Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Epidemiol Infect 137:1323-32. 2009
  3. ncbi Analysis of multilocus sequence typing for identification of Leptospira isolates in Brazil
    E C Romero
    Center of Bacteriology, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    J Clin Microbiol 49:3940-2. 2011
  4. ncbi Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR
    Paul N Levett
    Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    J Med Microbiol 54:45-9. 2005
  5. ncbi Leptospira broomii sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis
    Paul N Levett
    Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:671-3. 2006
  6. ncbi Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand
    Andrew T Slack
    WHO FAO OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Western Pacific Region, Communicable Diseases, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:2305-8. 2008

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Evaluation of a modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis approach for the identification of Leptospira serovars
    Renee L Galloway
    Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:628-32. 2008
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  2. ncbi Assessing cost effectiveness of empirical and prophylactic therapy for managing leptospirosis outbreaks
    R L Galloway
    Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Epidemiol Infect 137:1323-32. 2009
    ..Prophylactic therapy for high-risk individuals or prompt diagnosis and early treatment (before 4 days of symptoms) appear to be cost-effective approaches to prevent severe complications of leptospirosis...
  3. ncbi Analysis of multilocus sequence typing for identification of Leptospira isolates in Brazil
    E C Romero
    Center of Bacteriology, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    J Clin Microbiol 49:3940-2. 2011
    ..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...
  4. ncbi Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR
    Paul N Levett
    Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    J Med Microbiol 54:45-9. 2005
    ..The assay successfully detected leptospiral DNA from serum and urine samples of patients with leptospirosis. This assay has the potential to facilitate rapid, sensitive diagnosis of acute leptospirosis...
  5. ncbi Leptospira broomii sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis
    Paul N Levett
    Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:671-3. 2006
    ..These isolates differed from previously described species of Leptospira and are defined as Leptospira broomii sp. nov. The type strain is 5399T (= ATCC BAA-1107T = KIT 5399T)...
  6. ncbi Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand
    Andrew T Slack
    WHO FAO OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Western Pacific Region, Communicable Diseases, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:2305-8. 2008
    ..nov. is proposed. The type strain is Khorat-H2(T) (=WHO LT1686(T) =KIT Khorat-H2(T))...