Leptospiral Antibodies in Flying Foxes in Australia

The sera of 271 pteropid bats (or flying foxes) collected from Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory were screened against a reference panel of 21 Leptospiraspp. using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Sera were collected from December 1997 through August...

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Published in:	Journal of wildlife diseases Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 182 - 186
Main Authors:	Smythe, L. D., Field, H. E., Barnett, L. J., Smith, C. S., Dohnt, M. F., Symonds, M. L., Moore, M. R., Rolfe, P. F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wildlife Disease Association 01-01-2002 Wildlife Dis Assoc
Subjects:	Agglutination Tests - veterinary Animals Animals, Wild Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Australia - epidemiology bats Chiroptera Female flying foxes Leptospira - classification Leptospira - immunology Leptospira - pathogenicity Leptospira interrogans leptospirosis Leptospirosis - blood Leptospirosis - epidemiology Leptospirosis - immunology Leptospirosis - veterinary Male Pteropus conspicillatus Seroepidemiologic Studies serosurvey transmission Virulence Australia
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