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House mouse

Animal common names
House mouse
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Mus musculus
Species
L.kirschneri
Presumptive species
L.kirschneri


Country names
Kenya
Other location data
Kibera settlement, Nairobi
Year
2008


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Single gene primers, Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
secY


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

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Citation

Halliday JEB, Knobel DL, Allan KJ, de C Bronsvoort BM, Handel I, Agwanda B, Cutler SJ, Olack B, Ahmed A, Hartskeerl RA, Njenga MK, Cleaveland S, Breiman RF, 2013. Urban leptospirosis in Africa: a cross-sectional survey of Leptospira infection in rodents in the Kibera urban settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 89: 1095-102.