Leptospirosis in wildlife in Brazil: isolation of serovars canicola, pyrogenes and grippotyphosa.
The isolation of serovar canicola from the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), shows that it is a reservoir of canicola and is therefore significant from an epidemiological point of view. The isolation of pyrogenes and grippotyphosa from a water rat, Nectomys squamipes is also described.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001938:Brazil; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping