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Oriental house rat

Animal common names
Oriental house rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus tanezumi
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Philippines
Other location data
Manila, Makati, Iloilo, and rice fields in Nueva Ecija
Year
2010-2011


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
Gene
gyrB


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Villanueva SYAM, Saito M, Baterna RA, Estrada CAM, Rivera AKB, Dato MC, Zamora PRFC, Segawa T, Cavinta LL, Fukui T, Masuzawa T, Yanagihara Y, Gloriani NG, Yoshida S-i, 2014. Leptospira-rat-human relationship in Luzon, Philippines. Microbes and Infection 16: 902-910.