- Animal common names
- Patagonian mara
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Dolichotis patagonum
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- Portugal
- Other location data
- Lisbon zoo
- Year
- 2011
- Specimen type
- Kidney, Other tissue
- Detection method
- Culture, PCR
- Determining method
- Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Single gene primers
- Gene
- Beta actin gene, Lipl32, ompL1, secY
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 2
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Died due to leptospirosis
Citation
Ferreira AS, Costa P, Rocha T, Amaro A, Vieira ML, Ahmed A, Thompson G, Hartskeerl RA, Inacio J, 2014. Direct detection and differentiation of pathogenic Leptospira species using a multi-gene targeted real time PCR approach. PLoS ONE 9: e112312.
