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Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2000 Jul;94(5):503-6.

Leptospira autumnalis isolated from a human case from Avadi, India, and the serovar's predominance in local rat and bandicoot populations.

Saravanan R, Rajendran P, Thyagarajan SP, Smythe LD, Norris MA, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF

Department of Microbiology, Dr A. L. M. Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai, India. saravana67@hotmail.com

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 393

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 87 ingestion, mucocutaneous exposure yes concurrent
Exposures Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis
Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae
Outcomes Carrier State
Leptospirosis
Species Bandicota bengalensis
Human
roof rat
Locations
India Tamil Nådu Chennai (seat of a first-order administrative division)

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