Isolation and characterization of Leptospira spp. from raccoons in Japan

We investigated whether raccoons (Procyon lotor) carried leptospires in their kidneys in Japan. Leptospira was isolated from 2 of 71 raccoons captured in Kanagawa Prefecture and 1 of 53 raccoons at a zoological park in Nagasaki Prefecture. Anti-Leptospira antibodies were detected in 16 of 124 raccoo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 2009, Vol.71(4), pp.425-429
Hauptverfasser:	Koizumi, N.(National Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (Japan)), Uchida, M, Makino, T, Taguri, T, Kuroki, T, Muto, M, Kato, Y, Watanabe, H
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agglutination Tests - veterinary AISLAMIENTO Animals Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Base Sequence Disease Reservoirs - microbiology DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics ELECTROFORESIS ELECTROPHORESE ELECTROPHORESIS Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - veterinary Flagellin - chemistry Flagellin - genetics IMMUNOLOGIE IMMUNOLOGY INMUNOLOGIA ISOLATION ISOLEMENT JAPAN Japan - epidemiology JAPON LEPTOSPIRA Leptospira interrogans - genetics Leptospira interrogans - isolation & purification Leptospirosis - epidemiology Leptospirosis - microbiology Leptospirosis - veterinary MAPACHE Molecular Sequence Data PFGE Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Procyon lotor raccoon RACCOONS Raccoons - microbiology RATON LAVEUR reservoir Sequence Alignment Seroepidemiologic Studies serovar ZOONOSE ZOONOSES ZOONOSIS
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