Human leptospirosis caused by a new, antigenically unique Leptospira associated with a Rattus species reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Michael A Matthias (Author), Jessica N Ricaldi (Author), Manuel Cespedes (Author), M Monica Diaz (Author), Renee L Galloway (Author), Mayuko Saito (Author), Arnold G Steigerwalt (Author), Kailash P Patra (Author), Carlos Vidal Ore (Author), Eduardo Gotuzzo (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Paul N Levett (Author), Joseph M Vinetz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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As part of a prospective study of leptospirosis and biodiversity of Leptospira in the Peruvian Amazon, a new Leptospira species was isolated from humans with acute febrile illness. Field trapping identified this leptospire in peridomestic rats (Rattus norvegicus, six isolates; R. rattus, two isolate...