| first evidence of the leptospirosis natural foci of the serotype saxkoebing in austria. | the authors examined serologically and bacteriologically 129 wild living small mammals (9 species) in neumarkt, in styria. a total of 17 animals were positive (all microtus agrestis), of these 10 serologically (6 with l. saxkoebing, 3 with l. grippotyphosa and 1 with l. sorexjalna) and 7 bacteriologically. of the 7 isolated leptospirae-strains one did not survive up to typing, the 6 remaining were identified as l. saxkoebing. it is the first evidence of the existence of leptospirosis natural foc ... | 1989 | 2663645 |