- Animal common names
- Raccoon
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Procyon lotor
- Serovar
- Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni
- Serogroup
- Icterohaemorrhagiae
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- Japan
- Other location data
- Kanagawa prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture
- Year
- 2002-2003
- Specimen type
- Kidney
- Detection method
- Culture, PCR
- Determining method
- Micro-agglutination testing on isolate, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)
- Gene
- flaB
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 3
- Animal age class
- Adult, Juvenile
- Animal health
- Not stated
Citation
Koizumi N, Uchida M, Makino T, Taguri T, Kuroki T, Muto M, Kato Y, Watanabe H, 2009. Isolation and characterization of Leptospira spp. from raccoons in Japan. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 71: 425-429.
