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Dark fruit-eating bat

Animal common names
Dark fruit-eating bat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Artibeus obscurus
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Peru
Other location data
Varillal
Year
2002-2004


Specimen type
Kidney, Urine
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
16S


Number of animals with id isolates
1
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Matthias MA, Díaz MM, Campos KJ, Calderon M, Willig MR, Pacheco V, Gotuzzo E, Gilman RH, Vinetz JM, 2005. Diversity of bat-associated Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon inferred by Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73: 964-974.