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Brazilian pygmy rice rat

Animal common names
Brazilian pygmy rice rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Oligoryzomys eliurus
Serovar
Grippotyphosa
Serogroup
Grippotyphosa
Presumptive species
L.kirschneri


Country names
Brazil
Other location data
Sao Paulo state: Casa Grande, Cotia, Itapetininga, Guaratuba, Bertioga, and Juquia e Cajurus
Year
1962-1969


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


Number of animals with id isolates
4
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Santa Rosa CA, Sulzer CR, Giorgi W, da Silva AS, Yanaguita RM, Lobao AO, 1975. Leptospirosis in wildlife in Brazil: isolation of a new serotype in the Pyrogenes group. Am J Vet Res 36: 1363-5.