Identification of Leptospira strains isolated from rats in Saigon as Leptospira bataviae or its subserotype

Kitaoka, M.; Duong-Hông-Mô; Mori, M.

International Journal of Zoonoses 4(1): 45-47

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0377-0168
PMID: 885672
Document Number: 123178
Ten isolates of leptospires from Rattus norvegicus caught in Saigon in 1962 were identified as L. bataviae by the cross agglutination lysis and cross absorption tests. The strains, however, were not antigenically identical with the reference strain of L. bataviae or its variant subserotype. The ecological relationship of the rat with L. bataviae in North and South Vietnam requires further study.

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