- Animal common names
- Flying squirrel
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Glaucomys volans
- Serovar
- Grippotyphosa
- Serogroup
- Grippotyphosa
- Species
- L.kirschneri
- Presumptive species
- L.kirschneri
- Country names
- Japan
- Year
- 2005
- Specimen type
- Urine
- Detection method
- Culture, PCR
- Determining method
- Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)
- Gene
- gyrB, flaB
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 5
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Not stated
Citation
Masuzawa T, Okamoto Y, Une Y, Takeuchi T, Tsukagoshi K, Koizumi N, Kawabata H, Ohta S, Yoshikawa Y, 2006. Leptospirosis in squirrels imported from United States to Japan. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 1153-1155.
