title: [The noncorrespondence of the geographic ranges of the host and the causative agent].
abstract: For the first time the experimental and field studies of Leptospira infections, carried out over the period of 6 years, have revealed that the habitat of striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius Pallas 1778) serving as a host for Leptospira pomona, serovar mozdok, is much wider than the habitat of the infective agent proper. The presence of an animal species highly sensitive to a definite leptospiral serovar and serving as its reservoir at a given locality cannot be regarded as a proof of the presence of the epizootic process without bacteriological confirmation. But, in the absence of homologous Leptospira carriage, intensive leptospiral seroconversion can be attributed to a population other than that of the host.
authors.forename: Iu G
authors.initials: IuG
authors.lastname: Chernukha
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Evdokimova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Chekhovich
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Anan'ina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004463:Ecology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D012426:Russia; D012703:Serotyping
vernacular_title: O nesootvetstvii arealov khoziaina i vozbuditela.