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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Kuwait
Serogroup
Canicola
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Madagascar
Other location data
Toamasina
Year
2008-2009


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Multilocus variable tandem repeats (MLVA), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Monoclonal antibodies
Gene
secY, rrs


Number of animals with id isolates
3
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Rahelinirina S, Leon A, Hastskeerl RA, Sertour N, Ahmed A, Raharimanana C, Ferquel E, Garnier M, Chartier L, Duplantier J-M, Rahalison L, Cornet M, 2010. First isolation and direct evidence for the existence of large small-mammal reservoirs of Leptospira sp. in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 5: e14111, 1-9.