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Rat

Animal common names
Rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Not stated
Serovar
Hebdomadis
Serogroup
Hebdomadis
Species
L. interrogans
Presumptive species
L. interrogans


Country names
Viet Nam
Other location data
Mekong Delta
Year
2013


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
16S


Number of animals with id isolates
5
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Loan HK, Van Cuong N, Takhampunya R, Kiet BT, Campbell J, Them LN, Bryant JE, Tippayachai B, Van Hoang N, Morand S, Hien VB, Carrique-Mas JJ, 2015. How important are rats as vectors of leptospirosis in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam? Vector Borne and Zoonotic diseases 15: 56-64.