Rudy A. Hartskeerl

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Best Publications

• Comparative Genomics of Two Leptospira interrogans Serovars Reveals Novel Insights into Physiology and Pathogenesis

  A. L. T. O. Nascimento;A. I. Ko;A. I. Ko;E. A. L. Martins;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello

  564
  Citations

• Emergence, control and re-emerging leptospirosis: dynamics of infection in the changing world

  R.A. Hartskeerl;M. Collares-Pereira;W.A. Ellis

  551
  Citations

• Detection of seven species of pathogenic leptospires by PCR using two sets of primers

  C. Gravekamp;H. Van de Kemp;M. Franzen;D. Carrington

  433
  Citations

• Environmental and Behavioural Determinants of Leptospirosis Transmission: A Systematic Review.

  Mwanajaa Abdalla Mwachui;Lisa Crump;Rudy Hartskeerl;Jakob Zinsstag

  405
  Citations

• Multilocus sequence typing method for identification and genotypic classification of pathogenic Leptospira species

  Niyaz Ahmed;S Manjulata Devi;M de los Á Valverde;P Vijayachari

  361
  Citations

• DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN CLINICAL SAMPLES BY USING POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND A NONRADIOACTIVE DETECTION SYSTEM

  A. H. J. Kolk;A. R. J. Schuitema;S. Kuijper;J. Van Leeuwen

  330
  Citations

• What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira.

  Derrick E. Fouts;Michael A. Matthias;Haritha Adhikarla;Ben Adler

  328
  Citations

• Development and validation of a real-time PCR for detection of pathogenic leptospira species in clinical materials.

  Ahmed Ahmed;Mirjam F. M. Engelberts;Kimberly R. Boer;Niyaz Ahmed

  297
  Citations

• Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: current tools and emerging technologies.

  Mathieu Picardeau;Eric Bertherat;Michel Jancloes;Andreas N. Skouloudis

  263
  Citations

• Detection of leptospires in urine by PCR for early diagnosis of leptospirosis.

  A E Bal;C Gravekamp;R A Hartskeerl;J De Meza-Brewster

  257
  Citations

• Carriage of Leptospira interrogans among domestic rats from an urban setting highly endemic for leptospirosis in Brazil

  Marcos Tucunduva de Faria;Michael S. Calderwood;Daniel Abensur Athanazio;Daniel Abensur Athanazio;Alan J.A. McBride

  229
  Citations

• Evaluation of the polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of leptospirosis

  P. D. Brown;C. Gravekamp;D. G. Carrington;H. van de Kemp

  228
  Citations

• A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for seven pathogenic Leptospira species.

  Siriphan Boonsilp;Janjira Thaipadungpanit;Premjit Amornchai;Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

  222
  Citations

• LEPTO dipstick, a dipstick assay for detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies in human sera.

  G. C. Gussenhoven;M. A. W. G. Van Der Hoorn;M. G. A. Goris;W. J. Terpstra

  210
  Citations

• The 14,000-molecular-weight antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is related to the alpha-crystallin family of low-molecular-weight heat shock proteins.

  A. Verbon;R. A. Hartskeerl;A. Schuitema;A. H. J. Kolk

  208
  Citations

• Leptospirosis, water sports, and chemoprophylaxis.

  David A. Haake;Manjula Dundoo;Manjula Dundoo;Rumi Cader;Rumi Cader;Bernard M. Kubak

  197
  Citations

• Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae.

  R. A. Hartskeerl;M. Y. L. De Wit;P. R. Klatser

  195
  Citations

• Expression and distribution of leptospiral outer membrane components during renal infection of hamsters.

  Jeanne K. Barnett;Dean Barnett;Carole A. Bolin;Theresa A. Summers

  189
  Citations

• Estimating the burden of human leptospirosis

  Bernadette Abela-Ridder;Reina Sikkema;Rudy A. Hartskeerl

  180
  Citations

• Application of a polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae in skin tissues.

  M Y de Wit;W R Faber;S R Krieg;J T Douglas

  173
  Citations