| muskrats as carriers of pathogenic leptospires in the netherlands. | leptospires were isolated from 24 of 327 (7%) muskrats (ondatra zibethicus) caught in the netherlands. all isolates were identified as leptospira interrogans. one isolate was typed as serovar copenhageni in the icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup, one as serovar lora in the australis serogroup. twenty-one isolates showed a close relationship with serovars grippotyphosa, valbuzzi, muelleri and ratnapura from the grippotyphosa serogroup. one isolate was lost. sera from 196 muskrats were examined by the ... | 1992 | 1315497 |
| leptospirosis in free-ranging endangered european mink (mustela lutreola) and other small carnivores (mustelidae, viverridae) from southwestern france. | to study the possible role of disease in the decline of endangered european mink (mustela lutreola), we conducted a survey of antibody prevalence and renal carriage of pathogenic leptospira (leptospira interrogans sensu lato) using serum and kidney samples collected from 1990 to 2007 from several free-ranging small carnivores and farmed american mink (mustela vison) in southwestern france. an indirect microscopic agglutination test using a panel of 16 serovars belonging to 6 serogroups (australi ... | 2010 | 20966265 |
| seroepidemiologic study of three zoonoses (leptospirosis, q fever, and tularemia) among trappers in québec, canada. | this study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of antibodies against francisella tularensis, coxiella burnetii, and certain serovars of leptospira interrogans among trappers in québec, canada. muskrat trapping was identified as a risk factor for f. tularensis infection, whereas having a cat at home apparently protected trappers against infection by l. interrogans. high percentages of control sera were positive for antibodies against c. burnetii (15%) and l. interrogans (5%), most frequentl ... | 1995 | 7583933 |
| leptospira interrogans serotypes ballum and grippotyphosa isolated from the muskrat. | | 1972 | 5007902 |