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Norwegian rat

Animal common names
Norwegian rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus norvegicus
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
South Africa
Other location data
Cape Town
Year
1963-1964


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Amsterdam, No methods - Sent to the WHO reference laboratory


Number of animals with id isolates
7
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Healthy/Asymptomatic

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Citation

Rademan J, Steytler JG, Wright N, 1964. First isolations of Leptospirae in Cape Town. S African Med J 38: 694-696.