Leptospires in wildlife from Trinidad and Grenada.
Serum samples from 894 wild animals (representing 31 species) from Trinidad and Grenada were examined by the microscopic agglutination test for leptospiral antibodies; 198 were positive. These included 39 bats, 88 mongooses, six opossums, 10 peridomestic rodents, 15 forest rodents, 10 lizards, and 30 toads. Thirteen pathogenic serogroups were involved. Thirty-nine Leptospira isolates were reported from mongooses, opossums, rodents and toads.
D000373:Agglutinins / Q000032:analysis; D000828:Animal Population Groups; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago; D014900:West Indies
D000373:Agglutinins; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial