- Animal common names
- Norwegian rat
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Rattus norvegicus
- Serovar
- Kuwait
- Serogroup
- Canicola
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- Madagascar
- Other location data
- Toamasina, Toliaria
- Year
- 2008-2009
- Specimen type
- Kidney
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- Multilocus variable tandem repeats (MLVA), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Monoclonal antibodies
- Gene
- secY, rrs
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 6
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Not stated
Citation
Rahelinirina S, Leon A, Hastskeerl RA, Sertour N, Ahmed A, Raharimanana C, Ferquel E, Garnier M, Chartier L, Duplantier J-M, Rahalison L, Cornet M, 2010. First isolation and direct evidence for the existence of large small-mammal reservoirs of Leptospira sp. in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 5: e14111, 1-9.
