1. Pathogenic Leptospira Species in Insectivorous Bats, China, 2015.
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Hui-Ju Han, Hong-Ling Wen, Jian-Wei Liu, Xiang-Rong Qin, Min Zhao, Li-Jun Wang, Li-Mei Luo, Chuan-Min Zhou, Ye-Lei Zhu, Rui Qi, Wen-Qian Li, Hao Yu, Xue-Jie Yu, Han, Hui-Ju, Wen, Hong-Ling, Liu, Jian-Wei, Qin, Xiang-Rong, Zhao, Min, Wang, Li-Jun, and Luo, Li-Mei
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LEPTOSPIROSIS ,ZOONOSES ,LEPTOSPIRA ,LEPTOSPIRA interrogans ,REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction - Abstract
PCR amplification of the rrs2 gene indicated that 50% (62/124) of insectivorous bats from eastern China were infected with Leptospira borgpetersenii, L. kirschneri, and several potentially new Leptospira species. Multilocus sequence typing defined 3 novel sequence types in L. kirschneri, suggesting that bats are major carriers of Leptospira. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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