[Leptospira infections in cats].
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis found in over 150 mammalian species. Subclinically infected rodents and farm animals serve as reservoir hosts. Cats are exposed to leptospires regularly, particularly through hunting infected rodents. However, clinical leptospirosis is rare in cats. Nevertheless, infected cats can shed the pathogen through urine and thus, cats could play an important role in the epidemiology of leptospires.
Sonia Weis, Medizinische Kleintierklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Veterinärstraße 13, 80539 München, E-Mail: soniaweis@hotmail.com.
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D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D002415:Cats; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012377:Rodentia; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology
Feline; MAT; PCR; leptospiruria; microscopic agglutination test; pathogenic; polymerase chain reaction