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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
New Caledonia
Other location data
Bourail
Year
2008


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture, PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST)
Gene
lfb1


Number of animals with id isolates
21
Animal age class
Adult, Juvenile
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Perez J, Brescia F, Becam J, Mauron C, Goarant C, 2011. Rodent abundance dynamics and leptospirosis carriage in an area of hyper-endemicity in New Caledonia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5: 9.