title: Leptospirosis in squirrels imported from United States to Japan.
abstract: We diagnosed leptospirosis in 2 patients exposed to southern flying squirrels imported from the United States to Japan. Patients worked with exotic animals in their company. Leptospira isolates from 1 patient and 5 of 10 squirrels at the company were genetically and serologically identical and were identified as Leptospira kirschneri.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Japan. masuzawat@cis.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuzawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Une
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukagoshi
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000235:genetics; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000658:Amoxicillin; D013307:Streptomycin