- Animal common names
- Brazilian guinea pig
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Cavia aperea
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- Brazil
- Other location data
- Pelotas
- Year
- Not stated
- Specimen type
- Kidney
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR)
- Gene
- rpoB
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 1
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Died due to leptospirosis
Citation
Monte LG, Jorge S, Xavier MA, Leal FMA, Amaral MG, Seixas FK, Dellagostin OA, Hartleben CP, 2013. Molecular characterization of virulent Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae isolated from Cavia aperea. Acta Tropica 126: 164-166.
