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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Castellonis/Arborea
Serogroup
Ballum
Species
L.borgpeterseni
Presumptive species
L.borgpeterseni


Country names
Guadeloupe
Other location data
Mangrove area of Morne a L?Ñéeau
Year
2002-03


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Micro-agglutination testing on isolate, Multilocus variable tandem repeats (MLVA), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
Gene
secY, rrs


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

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Citation

Bourhy P, Storck CH, Theodose R, Olive C, Nicolas M, Hochedez P, et al. Serovar diversity of pathogenic Leptospira circulating in the French West Indies. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2013;7(3):e2114.