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Capybara

Animal common names
Capybara
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Hidrochaerys hidrochaerys
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae/Copenhageni
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Brazil
Other location data
Pelotas
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
rpoB


Number of animals with id isolates
1
Animal age class
Juvenile
Animal health
Died due to leptospirosis

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Citation

Jorge S, Monte LG, Coimbra MA, Albano AP, Hartwig DD, Lucas C, Seixas FK, Dellagostin OA, Hartleben CP, 2012. Detection of Virulence Factors and Molecular Typing of Pathogenic Leptospira from Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris). Current Microbiology 65: 461-464.