title: Some observations on chronic leptospiral carrier state in gerbils experimentally infected with Leptospira grippotyphosa.
abstract: Leptospiruria with persistent microscopic agglutinating antibody titers were maintained in gerbils that became carriers following experimental infection with Leptospira grippotyphosa, strain F 4397. Leptospires were isolated from kidneys of a gerbil which died 28 months after experimental inoculation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000662:veterinary; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005849:Gerbillinae; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology