Accessibility Skip to Global Navigation Skip to Local Navigation Skip to Content Skip to Search Skip to Site Map Menu

Cape York rat

Animal common names
Cape York rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus leucopus
Serovar
Australis
Serogroup
Australis
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Australia
Other location data
Innisfail
Year
2002-2003


Specimen type
Not stated
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Fluorescent-amplified fragment-length polymorphism, Multilocus variable tandem repeats (MLVA), Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


Number of animals with id isolates
6
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

^ Top of page

Citation

Slack AT, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF, Smythe LD, 2006. The epidemiology of leptospirosis and the emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 1998-2004. Epidemiol Infect 134: 1217-1225.