- Animal common names
- Black rat
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Rattus rattus
- Serovar
- Autumnalis
- Serogroup
- Autumnalis
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- India
- Other location data
- Madurai
- Year
- Not stated
- Specimen type
- Kidney, Urine
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Single gene primers, Southern blot hybridisation, Monoclonal antibodies
- Gene
- B64I/B64II, G1/2
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 5
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Healthy/Asymptomatic
Citation
Priya CG, Hoogendijk KT, Berg MVD, Rathinam SR, Ahmed A, Muthukkaruppan VR, Hartskeerl RA, 2007. Field rats form a major infection source of leptospirosis in and around Madurai, India. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 53: 236-240.
