Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Dispatch
Leptospirosis in Squirrels Imported from United States to Japan
Table 2
Detection and isolation of Leptospira from imported animals in the company
Animal | No. samples positive/no. samples tested |
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Kidney culture | flaB PCR | |
Spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) | 0/9 | 0/9 |
House mouse (species unknown) | 0/4 | 0/4 |
Golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus) | 0/13 | 0/13 |
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) | 0/9 | 0/9 |
Southern flying squirrel (Graucomys volans) | 5/10* | 5/10* |
Baluchistan pygmy jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis) | 0/20 | 0/20 |
Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) | 0/10 | 0/10 |
*Four of 5 culture-positive animals were positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Remaining culture-positive animal was PCR negative, whereas 1 culture-negative animal was PCR positive.
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