- Animal common names
- Black rat
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Rattus rattus
- Serovar
- Varillal
- Serogroup
- Iquitos
- Species
- L.licerasiae
- Presumptive species
- L.licerasiae
- Country names
- Peru
- Other location data
- Iquitos
- Year
- 2002-2003
- Specimen type
- Kidney
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- DNA-DNA hybridisation, Micro-agglutination testing on isolate, Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Southern blot hybridisation, Western Blot, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
- Gene
- 16S, LigA, Lipl32
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 2
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Not stated
Citation
Matthias MA, Ricaldi JN, Cespedes M, Diaz MM, Galloway RL, Saito M, Steigerwalt AG, Patra KP, Ore CV, Gotuzzo E, Gilman RH, Levett PN, Vinetz JM, 2008. Human leptospirosis caused by a new, antigenically unique Leptospira associated with a Rattus species reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2: e213.
