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Black rat

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


Country names
Mayotte
Year
2007


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
rrs


Number of animals with id isolates
20
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Desvars A, Naze F, Vourc'h G, Cardinale E, Picardeau M, Michault A, Bourhy P, 2012. Similarities in Leptospira serogroup and species distribution in animals and humans in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Am J Trop Med Hyg 87: 134-140.