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 .
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【저자키워드】 zoonoses, China, bat, Bacteria, MLST, multilocus sequence typing, vector-borne infections, Shandong, Leptospira, Eptesicus serotinus, Myotis fimbriatus, Myotis ricketti, Myotis pequinius, Mengyin, rrs2,
【저자키워드】 zoonoses, China, bat, Bacteria, MLST, multilocus sequence typing, vector-borne infections, Shandong, Leptospira, Eptesicus serotinus, Myotis fimbriatus, Myotis ricketti, Myotis pequinius, Mengyin, rrs2,