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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Portugal
Other location data
Azores
Year
1993-1995


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Monoclonal antibodies, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR)


Number of animals with id isolates
12 (serovar breakdown not given)
Animal age class
Adult, Juvenile
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Collares-Pereira M, Korver H, Cao Thi BV, Santos-Reis M, Bellenger E, Baranton G, Terpstra WJ, 2000. Analysis of Leptospira isolates from mainland Portugal and the Azores islands. FEMS Microbiology Letters 185: 181-187.