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Norwegian rat

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


Country names
Japan
Other location data
Fukuoka
Year
2013-2014


Specimen type
Kidney; urine
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
gyrB


Number of animals with id isolates
12
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Saito M, Villanueva SYAM, Masuzawa T, Haraguchi Y, Ita S, Miyahara S, Ozuru R, Yamaguchi T, Yoshimura M, Ikejiri M, Aramaki N, Amran MY, Muslich LT, Iida K-i, Yanagihara Y, Gloriani NG, Yoshida S-i, 2015. The usefulness of semi-solid medium in the isolation of highly virulent Leptospira strains from wild rats in an urban area of Fukuoka, Japan. Microbiology and Immunology 59: 322-330.